Not just for Parliament either. Local elections (could potentially be in an alternative world) important too!
Now readers may be wondering why El Pip is being pedantic here. Whilst it is true that anyone with a firm grasp of the English language can understand that the bill in practice appears to be about the banning of offshore oil and gas drilling, and the banning of vaping in enclosed indoor workplaces, this is not in fact relevant. It doesn't even matter that most computers would read it as such.
No, it needs to be absolutely crystal clear because lawyers and politicians will either not approve it or abuse the heck out of it as it stands. And if you don't think that happens, look up the Factory Acts on Wikipedia. Thirty one years and three attempts to pass the same bill, and until the end of the century to get it to apply to everyone.
), then the judge has to interpret it. The English courts lean heavily towards the Purposive Approach, that is to say determining what the purpose of the law was and considering that in which possible interpretation to use. There was a big case on it last year, HMRC vs some tax dodgers that got to the Supreme Court on that exact point, as you may guess HMRC won as they convinced the judge that their interpretation aligned with the purpose of the act and any inexact wording should be resolved in their favour. 
