ABSTRACT
Receiving the royal assent represents the final stage in the enactment of legislation. The royal assent is a prerogative act; for further discussion of this, see Chapter 6. The giving of the royal assent is not a matter which involves the Monarch personally. No monarch since 1854 has given the royal assent, although the power to do so still remains. When royal assent is required, the Lord Chancellor submits a list of Bills ready for the Assent. In the House of Lords, attended by the Commons with the Speaker, the Clerk of the Parliaments reads the title of the Bills for assent and pronounces the assent in Norman French. Once assent has been given, it is notified to each House of Parliament by the Speaker of the House.48
