House of Commons

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Mind Map on House of Commons, created by Lauren Mcintyre on 07/05/2013.
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Mind Map by Lauren Mcintyre, updated more than 1 year ago
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House of Commons
  1. Representing the people
    1. MPs are elected to act on the behalf of the people in their constituency .
      1. They ask questions and debate issues in the commons . Try to persuade ministers and departments and examine legislation
      2. MAKING LAWS
        1. Government policies are presented to commons as bills
          1. Bills are debated and voted on to become statue laws for the government to inplement
            1. MPs can also introduce private member bills on issues that concern them or their constituents
            2. Controlling finance
              1. The commons debate the chancellor of exchequers budget and approve it as the finance act
                1. The public accounts committee checks the spending of the government departments
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