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There are many influences operating on parliament before and during the legislative process. Explain and evaluate any three of these influences, giving examples of how parliament has been persuaded to introduce legislation.
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There are many influences operating on parliament before and during the legislative process. Explain and evaluate any three of these influences, giving examples of how parliament has been persuaded to introduce legislation. Legislation is the name for law made by parliament. These laws are in the form of Acts of parliament, also called statutes. Acts of parliament are sovereign in that they override other sources of law such as custom or judge-made law. Acts of parliament originate in the form of bills. These bills may be either public or private bills. Private bills are less important as they affect only a limited number of people, whereas public bills change general law and affect everyone. Most of these bills are introduced by the government, for example the, Disability Discrimination Act (1995). Government bills make up 90% of all bills and there are various origins and influences on these bills. One of these...
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