Abstract

It is a common arrangement in different legislatures that individual members who are not ministers can bring forward bills (private members’ bills), but the drafting of a bill may involve certain technicalities that are usually outside their knowledge. How, then, do legislators prepare the text of private members’ bills? This article presents the way in which support is provided to those members who seek to introduce their bills in the UK Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the National Diet of Japan. It then discusses two common challenges for such support: how to avoid the risk that demand will outstrip supply and how to make sure that the drafting of private members’ bills meets the quality standards (if any).

中文翻译：

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支持英国和日本的私人会员法案

摘要

在不同的立法机关中，一个常见的安排是，不是部长的个人成员可以提出法案（私人成员法案），但是起草法案可能会涉及某些通常他们不了解的技术。那么，立法者如何准备私人会员法案的案文呢？本文介绍了向寻求在英国议会，苏格兰议会，威尔士国民议会，北爱尔兰议会和日本国民议会提出其法案的议员提供支持的方式。然后，讨论了提供此类支持的两个常见挑战：如何避免需求超过供应的风险，以及如何确保私人会员法案的起草符合质量标准（如果有）。