To What Extent is the House of Commons Effective in Carrying out Its Various Functions?…
The most important source of English Law is Legislation; it is implemented by the queen in Parliament I.e. the House of Commons, the House of lord and the Monarch. As part of the UK elections, citizens permitted to vote will elect an association to represent the House of Commons. On the other hand the House of Lords are not elected members and do not represent. At present majority of the Lords are selected by the Monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister; however the House of Lords Appointments Commission assists with the vetting nominations.…
The house of lords is the upper chamber of the Uk’s bicameral parliament, Beginning in the the 11th century. The house of lords’ role in government is to work with the house of commons to; make laws, check and challenge the actions of government ( the house of lords has no veto power) and provide independent competence. Firstly, in 1999 the Labour party under Tony Blair as Prime Minister reformed the house of lords. For centuries the house of lords consisted of members that inherited their seats, the Act removed such right. The act reduced members of the house of lords from 1,330 members to 669 members and a proportion of the members that are ‘cross benchers’ members with no party affiliation. In order for this act to receive supported votes, Tony Blair and the labour party passed the Weatherill Amendment that put in place a deal that allowed 92 of the 669 members to remain heredity. The reforms in houses of lords progressive towards democracy due to the fact that Historically, members of the House of Lords have been the richest and most important landowners in the country, who would pass their peerages down through their family, which creates bias towards the wealthy. By…
The House of Commons has many functions including those of passing effective legislation, representing the views of the people they represent and holding the government to account to ensure that all decisions made are based purely upon the desire to benefit the public and to scrutinise all the actions of the executive.…
One major change that occurs in the Prime Minister’s function is that Cabinet appointments are now the result of negotiation between the parties, compared with the previous arbitrary appointment made by the Prime Minister. Previously, the Prime Minister appointed Cabinet members and allocated portfolios to its own party members only, thus making the Cabinet completely dominated by one party. Currently, in comparison, the appointments are to be agreed between the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister (HM government, 2010a). Similarly, any changes in the allocation of portfolios between the Parliamentary Parties during the Coalition period are also to be agreed between the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister. For instance, the current coalition stipulates that the Liberal Democrats shall occupy five Cabinet vacancies; and that Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister is at liberty to decide which of the Liberal Democrats’ MPs shall be allocated these five spots…
Most legislation originates in the Commons. The House of Lords may take a part in shaping legislation, but it cannot permanently block a bill passed by the Commons, and it has no authority over money bills. The crown need not assent to all legislation, but assent has not been withheld since 1707.…
The word parliament derives from a word loosely translated as ‘to talk’ or ‘to deliberate’. The UK Parliament consists officially of the two Houses of Parliament: the Lords and the Commons and the monarch, which by convention, delegates his or her authority to a group of ministers known as the executive. The role of parliament is mainly to legislate and to govern the United Kingdom through elected representatives. However the executive has a special role over the legislatures and it has been argued that the UK Parliament has become increasingly dominated by the executive.…
Congress and Parliament both have a bicameral legislature or a two-house legislature. Parliament’s two houses are the Lords and the House of Commons. Members of the House of Commons are publically elected by the people of England. Currently, the House of Commons has 1,100 members. Their primary responsibility is to propose new laws, yet they also deal with financial bills such as creating a new dollar. The Lords are mostly appointed representatives chosen by Parliament. They currently have 830 members. Their responsibilities are too make laws, investigate policy issues, and often compliment the works of the House of Commons. Similarly, Congress’ houses are the Senate and the House of Representatives. These parties are both voted in by constituents or people of the United States. The Senate is often known as the “upper” house of congress while the House of Representatives is often known as the “lower” house. Both houses of Congress can propose new laws and vote on them. The overall main difference is that the Senate controls all of the Presidents meetings and appointments, and they can decide the future of a bill. The Senate is home to 100 members of Congress, while the House of Representatives is home to 435 members of Congress.…
Each of the 308 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons is elected by simple plurality in an electoral district or riding. General elections must be called by the governor general, on the advice of the prime minister, within four years of the previous election, or may be triggered by the government losing a confidence vote in the House. The 105 members of the Senate, whose seats are apportioned on a regional basis, serve until age 75. Five parties had representatives elected to the federal parliament in the 2011 elections: the Conservative Party of Canada (governing party), the New Democratic Party (the Official Opposition), the Liberal Party of Canada, the Bloc Québécois, and the Green Party of Canada. The list of historical parties with elected representation is substantial.…
Parliament is designed to hold the executive accountable; therefore it goes about this by various means of government scrutiny, such as Prime Minister’s Question Time. In addition, Parliament is expected to perform a legislative function, creating the process of a bill becoming a law after undergoing many stages between the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Finally, Parliament is also required to be representative of the nation, with constituencies creating a strong local link between the electorate and their MP.…
The most power legislature in the world, their parliament has 726 members who are on behalf of all the 27 member states of the European Union. The ones that are directly elected from UK are total 72 in number who attend this parliament to represent the interest of the country; out of this 4 of them are on behalf of Wales.…
Cabinet : Chosen by the PM from the governing caucu, these Ministers run major departments of the government such as Defence, Foreign Affairs, Justice etc…They determine government policy. In the Crown`s eyes, they are the government.…
The legislative branch, also called the legislature, makes and votes on laws. If a law wants to be created and enforced it must first go through a process called…
Originally the House of Lords was one of three houses of parliaments, but after its merge with the House of Clergy it became equal to the House of Commons. This meant that neither party where more effective than the other at checking one another’s power as they were both equal, however after the House of Commons became an elected house, it healed most of the power, making the House of Lords the under dog. The powers of the House of Lords where then restrained further in 1911 due to the Parliament Act, which meant that the House of Lords could no longer, block a bill but only delay it for two years, later to be reduced to one year.…
Lawmaking in Parliament is driven by what is said in the President Speech that usually opens Assembly in February. The government to introduce whatever form of legislation it needs, a possibly difficult process takes place before the bill becomes law.…