Learn more about Private Members’ Bills, a bill introduced by an MP who isn’t a minister.
Private Members' Bills are notoriously difficult to get through Parliament. What makes it so difficult for a backbench MP to turn their ideas into law?
Here, we see how difficult it is just to get the opportunity to introduce a Private Members’ Bill. We meet Kate Emms, the House of Commons Clerk who is in charge of Private Members Bills.
So many MPs want to introduce a Private Members Bill that Kate organises a raffle to decide who gets a chance.
The top twenty names drawn out are given a timeslot in the House of Commons to introduce a bill, but there is another way.
We meet Thomas Docherty MP, who sleeps in an office in the House of Commons for two nights to get his chance to introduce a Private Members Bill.
This short film is from the BBC series, Exploring the House of Commons. This series goes behind the scenes of the House of Commons to explain some of the processes that drive British politics.
This series was filmed between 2013 - 2015 and some of the political figures shown no longer hold their positions.
Suitable for teaching Citizenship/Modern Studies at GCSE or A Level in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and National 5 or Higher in Scotland.
For BBC Teach website: [ Ссылка ]
Click the cards for free in depth teachers notes!
For more teaching resources, subscribe here: [ Ссылка ]_...
Get in touch on:
TWITTER: [ Ссылка ]
FACEBOOK: [ Ссылка ]
=====================
Teaching Citizenship/Modern Studies at GCSE/A Level?
Follow this link for Teacher Notes:
[ Ссылка ]
=====================
More from BBC Learning Zone: [ Ссылка ]
More resources from BBC Bitesize: [ Ссылка ]
