6.1.6 A Bill

This figure illustrates the passage of a Bill through the House of Lords and House of Commons. It outlines the procedure from first reading, second reading, committee stage, report stage to third reading. Once this process has been followed it is then passed to the next chamber. If the Bill starts in the House of Commons, it is passed to the House of Lords chamber: this is illustrated by showing that the same process takes place as in the House of Commons. The figure demonstrates that once the Bill has passed through all of these stages in both the House of Lords and House of Commons, it then receives Royal Assent.