It's all to do with the training: You can do a lot if you're properly trained.

-- Queen Elizabeth II


  


Commonwealth Module - Unit 5: Legislation

 

Unit 5 Questions

Please answer each of the following questions.  If you are taking this course in a group you may then meet to discuss your answers.

  1. Using the terminology of your parliament, is there a distinction between a private Member’s bill and a bill to benefit a charitable organization?
  2. Describe the work done in the legislature between the first and third readings of a bill.
  3. Do you know of any act or law in your parliament or elsewhere which has been properly enacted but which has not yet been made effective?
  4. How satisfactory do you believe the safeguards available in your parliament are in regard to the formulation of secondary or delegated legislation?
 

Relevant Abbreviations 

CPA                  Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
IPU                   Inter-Parliamentary Union
NDI                   National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
UNDP               United Nations Development Program
WBI                  World Bank Institute

 

Relevant Internet Resources

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
http://www.cpahq.org/

Inter Parliamentary Union
http://www.ipu.org/english/home.htm

 

Select Bibliography:  

May, T. Erskine (2004). Treatise on the Law, Privileges and Proceedings of Parliament, 23rd edition (ed. McKay, Sir William). London, Butterworths.

Beauchesne, A. (1989). Rules and Forms of the House of Commons of Canada, 6th edition (ed. Fraser, A., Dawson, W.F. and Holtby, J.A.). Toronto, Carswell Co Ltd.

Harris,I.C. (2005). House of Representatives Practice, 5th edition. Canberra, Department of the House of Representatives.
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/pubs/PRACTICE/Index.htm

Kaul, M.N. and Shakdher, S.L. (2000). Practice and Procedure of Parliament, 5th edition (ed. Malhotra, G.C.). New Delhi, Metropolitan.

Marleau, R. and Montpetit, C. (2000). House of Commons: Procedure and Practice. Ottawa, House of Commons. 

McGee, D. (2005). Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand, 3rd edition. New Zealand, Dunmore Publishing.

Parliament of the Republic of South Africa (2004). National Assembly Guide to Procedure. Cape Town, Parliament of the Republic of South Africa.

Wijesekera, P. (2002). Parliamentary Practice in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, Parliamentary Secretariat.

Abraham, L.A. and Hawtrey, S.C. (1970). A Parliamentary Dictionary, 3rd edition. London, Butterworths.

CPA (1997). Guidelines for the Training of Parliamentary Staff, 2nd impression. London, CPA.

CPA/WBI (2006). Recommended Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures. London, CPA.

NDI (2000). Legislative Research Series: Strengthening Legislative Capacity in Legislative-Executive Relations. Washington, D.C., NDI.

Rogers, R. and Walters, R. (2004). How Parliament Works, 5th edition. Pearson Longman UK.

UNDP (current). Lawmaking and the Stages of Legislative Procedure. New York, UNDP.
http://www.undp.org/governance/parldev/docs/lawmakin.htm

 

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