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Parliament
- House of Commons
- Functions
- Executive members of legislature
- Too much power?
- Too much power?
- Enacts legislation
- functions may conflict - MP's representative
area may want something his government
policy is against
- functions may conflict - MP's representative
area may want something his government
policy is against
- Hold executive to account
- Authorise and control taxation and expenditure
- Represent the people
- Executive members of legislature
- Composition
- 650 MPs
- Speaker - Independent chair of the house
- Whips - Party officials who maintain party discipline
- Leader who controls the
management of time
- 650 MPs
- Functions
- Legislative Process
- First reading - title read out
- Second reading - chance for
parliament to reject the bill
- Committee stage - detailed
scrutiny of the bill, usually
by a standing committee of
16-50 MPs
- Report stage - whole house
considers amendments
made by the committee
- Third reading - general
debate on the bill
- Third reading - general
debate on the bill
- Report stage - whole house
considers amendments
made by the committee
- Committee stage - detailed
scrutiny of the bill, usually
by a standing committee of
16-50 MPs
- Second reading - chance for
parliament to reject the bill
- First reading - title read out
- Scrutiny of the executive
- Debates - topic usually chosen by opposition
- Parliamentary questions - Written and oral
- e.g. Prime Ministers questions
- e.g. Prime Ministers questions
- Parliamentary committee system -
membership is proportionate to the
party strength in the commons
- Debates - topic usually chosen by opposition
- Roll of backbench MPs
- Voting, debating, questions,
committee membership, gievances of
constituents
- Voting, debating, questions,
committee membership, gievances of
constituents
- House of Lords
- Purpose
- Federal state
- Protect constitution
- Questions controversial legislation
- Federal state
- Reform
- Parliament Act 1911
- Removed HoL ability to veto money bills
- HoC can overrule veto after 3 sessions
- HoC can overrule veto after 3 sessions
- Removed HoL ability to veto money bills
- Parliament Act 1949
- Amended 1911 act for reduce
veto time to 2 sessions
- Amended 1911 act for reduce
veto time to 2 sessions
- Life Peerages Act 1958
- Enabled appointment based
on merit rather than hereditary
- Includes people with expertise
- Enabled appointment based
on merit rather than hereditary
- House of Lords Act 1999
- Hereditary peers no longer have
the right to sit and vote in HoL
- Hereditary peers no longer have
the right to sit and vote in HoL
- Parliament Act 1911
- Purpose
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