How Laws are made
A Bill is a draft law of the
Scottish Parliament.
A Bill passes through three stages in the Scottish Parliament to
become a law.
The following stages of a Bill are mixed up.
Label them Stage 1
Stage 2
and
Stage 3
STAGE ____
A debate about the bill is held by the whole Parliament.
The Parliament then votes on whether the bill should be
passed or rejected.
STAGE ____
Parliament considers the general principles or main ideas of
the bill. This is usually done first by parliamentary
committee(s), before a debate is held in the Debating
Chamber.
STAGE ____
Parliamentary committee(s) look at the bill in detail.
Amendments (changes) are listed and debated by the
committees.
 All Bills currently in progress can be found on the
Scottish Parliament Website
www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/Bills
/576.aspx
 For a poster showing how a bill becomes law
www.scottish.parliament.uk/visitandlearn/education/22
270.aspx