Year 6 · Citizenship · Democracy and Parliament · Lesson 3
How laws are made
How laws are made in the UK: bills, first, second and third readings, committee and report stages, amendments, the House of Lords and Royal Assent.
13-minute video lesson
Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.
Watch free for a monthWhat your child will learn
- Explain what a bill is
- Order the stages of law-making
- Explain amendments
- Explain Royal Assent
The method
- Bill.
- Commons.
- Lords.
- Royal Assent.
Key words: bill, Act of Parliament, reading, amendment, committee, Royal Assent.
Worked examples
The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.
Question 1
What is a bill?
- Step 1: Proposal
Answer: a proposal for a new law
Question 2
What is a bill called once it becomes law?
- Step 1: Act
Answer: an Act of Parliament
Question 3
What happens at the first reading?
- Step 1: Title
Answer: the title is read out