Houses of Parliament

Houses of Parliament The Parliament is the supreme legislative body of thecountry The House of Commons and the House of LordsTHE HOUSE OF COMMONS The Prime minister- the leader This party is called The Government and the second TheOpposition 650 members in the House of Commons MPs electedevery 5 years each session opens in

November and lasts for about 6month the quorum of 40 members is necessary for its work the chairman id the SpeakerHe can t debate or vote withother MPs unless. The voting is equal. He votes with the Government. A Chief Whip has a very high status in the party.Residence Downing Street,12 Britain has no written constitution.

Only Acts ofParliament Only MPs may introduce a bill to the ParliamentThee readings 1st formality. Only a title of a bill is mentioned 2nd a discussiontakes place go to committee for detailed examination. 3rd it mustbe accepted or rejected - gt send to the Queen for the Royal Assent. The Queensigns and The Great Seal is fixed. It becomes the Act of Parliament.

THE HOUSE OF LORDS Non- elected Consist of peers, bishops, archbishops They are socially respected and very rich Only at the age of 21 Every yearbeginning with 1958 the Queen grants about 15-20 titles on the advice of herministers to politicians, businessmen, scientists, men of culture for theiroutstanding contribution for the good of the UK 1 3 of the Lords are bankers and company directors

Full membership is the House of Lords is over 1000people The quorum is 3 Lord present True one of them must be Lord Chancellor The chairman of The House ofLords If the Lords disagree they can t reject the bill. The House of Lords is a survival of ancient timesA serious attempt to reform itwas made in the 1960s but it failed

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