Private Members bill
- February 10, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Private Members bill
Subject: Polity
Context:
MPs have filed private member bills jointly and individually titled, Repealing and Amendment Bill 2021 for repeal of farm laws.
Concept:
- It is a bill brought by the private members in any house.
- Private member is any Member of Parliament who is not a minister.
- The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and Speaker of the Lok Sabha decides whether to admit the bill or not.
- The procedure of introduction of such bills needs a one-month notice. However, it is passed by same procedure as a public bill.
- The House secretariat examines it for compliance with constitutional provisions and rules on legislation before listing.
- Unlike the government bill (introduced by ministers), these bills are introduced and discussed only on Friday.
- It generally reflects the Opposition stand in Parliament.
- The drafting of bill is responsibility of members (in case of public bill it is done by the concerned department with consultation of the law department).
- The chances of passage of private member bill is less as the majority in the house may go against it and treasury bench in house perceive it as a sanction of the government.
- So far, only 14 such bills have been passed (none since 1970.)