PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Nobody set out to create Parliament. It developed naturally out of the daily political needs of the English King and his government. The modern British Parliament is one of the oldest continuous representative assemblies in the world. The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts created a new unified Kingdom of Great Britain and dissolved
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government can be dated back to the government that started in kingdom of Great Britain during the 17th and 18th century. Several countries gradually adopted and reformed the system to best align with their political background (Dyck‚ 2006). The parliament usually consists of two chambers which are elected lower house and upper house. The representatives in the lower house are elected directly by the public as their political representatives‚ but the senate in the upper house are appointed or elected
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potential reforms that could be made to the European Parliament to make it a more powerful institution. My main source of information when it came to these reform ideas where the core text by Neil Nugent‚ Michelle Cini’s "European Union Politics" and Judge and Earnshaw’s "The European Parliament"‚ which can be found on the reading list for this seminar. I found them to be good sources of information‚ as they lay out powers and roles of the European Parliament‚ as previously laid out in this presentation
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PARLIAMENT IN INDIA AND SHORT NOTES ON OTHER PARLIAMENTS By‚ T.Vishnu‚ IX A. The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body in India. The parliament house originally known as ’Council House ’‚ founded in 1919‚ the Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and
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in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. He leads the whole executive branch. Besides that‚ there is an upper house and a lower house which has different powers respectively. In Malaysia‚ the upper house of the parliament of Malaysia is known as Dewan Negara. It consists of 70 senators which is appointed by Yang di-Pertuan Agong with the advice of the Prime Minister. They are responsible to initiate and amend the legislation‚ as long as it does not concern with the
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Mother of Parliaments Great Britain is known as Mother of Parliaments. This is because in the Western world since the downfall of Rome‚ she was the first to introduce a workable body‚ an assembly of elected representatives of the people with the authority to resolve social and economic problems by free debate leading to the making of law. The Parliament‚ consisting of the House of Commons and the House of Lords‚ is the centre of British politics. One of the fundamental principles of the unwritten
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Parliament examines what the Government is doing‚ makes new laws‚ holds the power to set taxes and debates the issues of the day. The House of Commons and House of Lords each play an important role in Parliament’s work and it make parliament what it is. Both parties have a role in keeping the executive into check by scrutinising them‚ also making them accountable is such things as question time and taking some of the power away from the executive to stop any possible coercive power and to Firstly
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STENTHGS AND WEAKNESSES OF PARLIAMENT ------------------------------------------------- 2008 Question 9 ------------------------------------------------- ‘Two strengths of parliament as a law-maker are that it makes laws which reflect the views of the community and can make laws whenever the need arises.’ ------------------------------------------------- Critically examine these two strengths. (6 marks) The following points could have been used to develop an evaluation of the strengths noted
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British Parliament Great Britain is a constitutional monarchy. This means that it has a monarch as its Head of the State. The monarch reigns with the support of Parliament. The powers of the monarch are not defined precisely. Everything today is done in the Queen’s name. It is her government‚ her armed forces‚ her law courts and so on. She appoints all the Ministers‚ including the Prime Minister. Everything is done however on the advice of the elected Government‚ and the monarch takes no part
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and dissolves Parliament and laws are passed in her name‚ the Queen herself plays no part in decisions made in Parliament. She has only little direct power and she generally acts on the advice of the Prime Minister with whom she has weekly business meetings. Unlike many contries Britain has an unwritten constitution‚ not being contained in a single legal document. It is based on statutes and important documents‚ customs and conventions‚ and can be changed by a simple Act of Parliament like any other
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