third reading
Final parliamentary debate
Third reading is the final stage of debate on a bill in a legislative body before it comes to a vote.
In parliamentary systems like the UK and Canada, the third reading follows committee review and amendments, giving legislators a last chance to discuss the bill in its final form: The bill passed its third reading in the House of Commons.
- passageSegment of text
- billAmount owed, written
- act of parliamentLaw from the legislature
- final voteConclusive electoral decision
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
approval · enactment · law · line by line · committee reports · lawmaking process · speaker of the house · parliamentary procedure · government · policy · bicameral legislature · floor debate · parliamentary debate · point of order · House of Commons · government bills · whips · majority vote
third readingwithdrawal
Act of taking away
shelving · veto · tabling · filibuster · pocket veto
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