The parliament consist of the house of lords and house of commons and both Houses must vote in favor

of a Bill before it can become a new of Act of Parliament. The people who sit in the house of commons are called members of parliament (MPs) and are elected by the public once every 5 years. The house of Lords is made up of 92 hereditary peers, life peers, and the most senior bishops in the church of England. In 1999 there were over 750 hereditary peers in the house of lords but by november 1999 their right to sit in the house of lords was abolished and only 92 members now sit. The wakeham commission in 2000 recommended that one-third of the house should be elected and a

limit passed on the power of the prime minister to nominate people to the house of lords. Certain factors influence parliamentary law making 1) government program : the government announces its program me at the start of each parliamentary session to include the particular law it intends to introduce that session. 2) European Union Law: this may led to new acts of parliament sometimes to implement a specific european regulation or Directive, or to enforce a decision of the european court of justice. 3) other influences of parliamentary law-making include : proposals for law refunds: from law reforms agencies or specific

events that occur and require formulation of a law. It also includes activities of pressure groups. e.g.: reduction of the consent age for homosexual acts in private from 21 - 18 in 1994 and from 1816 in 2000 also the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act IN 1995 which gave disabled people certain rights in relation to employment as well as access to shops, hotels and other services. Why do we need legislations? 1) we need law in order to meet changes in the society appease the need and the request of pressure groups and various interest groups in the community. 2) to govern new areas of law that are just coming up and to

respond to certain lapses in the existing law that are made apparent by judicial precedents or inadequacies made apparent during the hearing of a case.