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the House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. His equivalent in the House of
Commons is the Serjeant at Arms. Black Rod is an officer of the English Order of the Garter, and
takes the rank of knight bachelor. His deputy is the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod. Black Rod
has a number of official duties: he is the personal attendant of the Sovereign in the Lords; as
secretary to the Lord Great Chamberlain he is responsible as the usher and doorkeeper at meetings
of the Order of the Garter and, as the Sergeant-at-Arms and Keeper of the Doors of the House he
is concerned in the admission of strangers to the House of Lords.
37. The procedure of how a bill becomes a law.
In the United Kingdom Parliament, each bill passes through the following stages:
1. Pre-legislative scrutiny
2. First reading: This is a formality; no vote occurs. The Bill is presented and ordered to be
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