HOUSE OF LORDS - United Kingdom Parliament

8.191 Notification is frequently given before oral questions, but it may
take place at any break between two items of business, or at the end of
business, if necessary after an adjournment. The order in which
notification is given is as follows: supply bills, other public bills, provisional
order confirmation bills, private bills, personal bills, Measures.
8.192 Royal Assent may also be signified by Commission, as described in
appendix F (page 248).
Refusal of Royal Assent
8.193 The power to refuse Royal Assent was last exercised in 1708,
when Queen Anne refused Her Assent to a bill for settling the Militia in
Scotland. 1
Record copies of Acts
8.194 Two record copies of each Act are printed, Public Acts on vellum
and Private Acts on durable paper. One copy is signed by the Clerk of
the Parliaments, who endorses it with the appropriate Norman-French
formula. 2 This copy is preserved in the Parliamentary Archives, the other
in the National Archives.
PROCEDURES WHICH APPLY ONLY TO CERTAIN TYPES
OF BILL
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949
8.195 Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 certain public bills may
be presented for Royal Assent without the consent of the Lords. The
Acts do not apply to bills originating in the Lords, bills to extend the life
of a Parliament beyond five years, provisional order confirmation bills,
private bills or delegated legislation. The conditions which must be fulfilled
before a bill can be presented for Royal Assent under the Acts vary
according to whether or not the bill is certified by the Speaker of the
House of Commons as a money bill.
1 LJ (1705–09) 506.
2 See appendix H, page 248.
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