Statute Law: Making Legislation

Lecture by Stephen Laws, First Parliamentary Council, on the making of statutes. Given at the University of Oxford on 11 October 2010.

Interview with Lord Justice Etherton, Chairman of the Law Commission 2006-2009, on the role of the Law Commission in the legislative process.

Interview with Murray Hunt, Legal Adviser to Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights on the role of the Joint Committee on Human Rights in the legislative process.

Interview with Parliamentary officials David Natzler from the Public Bill Office in the House of Commons and Sarah Jones from the House of Lords on The Parliamentary procedure for making an Act of Parliament.

Interview with Stephen Laws, First Parliamentary Counsel, on pre-legislative scrutiny of Bills and the role of Parliamentary Counsel as a Bill proceeds through Parliament.

Interview with Stephen Laws, First Parliamentary Counsel, on how Parliamentary Counsel sets about drafting an Act of Parliament.

Interview with Stephen Laws, First Parliamentary Counsel on the role of Parliamentary Counsel at the planning stage for legislation.

Interview with Michelle Dyson, a Departmental Lawyer, on the role of officials in a department in handling the passage of a Bill through Parliament.

Interview with Michelle Dyson, Departmental Lawyer, on the detailed development by a Government Department of proposals for legislation.

Interview with Michelle Dyson, Departmental Lawyer on the process within a Government Department for development of the policy ideas underlying legislative proposals.

Interview with Lord Falconer on a minister's role in taking a Bill through Parliament.

How a Government Minister gets proposals accepted for presentation as part of the Government's legislative programme. Interview with Lord Falconer of Thoroton, former Lord Chancellor.

Phillip Sales, High Court Judge and Statute Law Society member introduces the Making Legislation series which will look at how new laws are created.