Parliament Bill 2016

A Bill to remove the requirement of consent of the House of Lords for Bills to be sent for Royal Assent.

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. Legislation

(1) All Bills shall require only to be passed by the House of Commons in order to be sent for Royal Assent.

(2) Upon being passed by the House of Commons, a Bill shall be sent to the House of Lords whereby the Bill may be amended according to the regulations of amendments of the House of Lords;

(a) If after 2 weeks of being passed by the Commons, the Bill has not left the House of Lords, it shall be sent immediately for Royal Assent, unless the House of Commons direct to the contrary.

(3) A Bill originating in the House of Commons, amended by the House of Lords, shall be sent to the relevant body of the House of Commons for those amendments to be considered;

(a) Should those amendments be rejected, the Bill shall immediately be sent for Royal Assent, unless the House of Commons direct to the contrary.

(b) Should those amendments be accepted, the Bill shall be voted on by the whole House of Commons;

(i) Should the Bill pass this vote, it shall immediately be sent for Royal Assent.

(ii) Should the Bill fail this vote, it shall be thrown out.

2. Commencement, Short Title and Extent

(1) This Act shall extend to the whole United Kingdom.

(2) This Act shall come into force immediately upon its passage.

(3) This Act may be cited as the Parliament Act 2016.

This bill was submitted by /u/Athanaton as a Private Members bill, it is sponsored by /u/tim-sanchez, /u/almightywibble, /u/electric-blue, /u/contrabannedthemc, /u/colossalteuthid and /u/arsenimferme.

The voting period for this bill will end on May 12th, 10PM BST.

Vote Aye, Nay or Abstain. Comments with anything else will be deleted. Comments that are edited will be void and not counted.

If a member is voting by proxy, they must have gained permission from the speaker prior to this vote. If no permission was sought and granted, their vote will not be counted.