House of commons

Queen Elizabeth 11, She is the longest reining Monarch of 63 years. The Monarch is the Head of State and Head of the Common Wealth. The main role of the Queen is to pass legislations, which have to go through a process, called royal assent. The royal assent is processed once a legislation/bill has been completed through all of the parliamentary stages in both House of Commons and House of Lords; the royal assent means that the Queen formally agrees to make the legislation/bill into an act of Parliament

the Parliament Act 1911 envisaged reforming the composition of the House of Lords to create a fully-elected Chamber.” To date all attempts have been unsuccessful. Explain the difficulties entailed in reforming the composition of the Lords and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of an elected second chamber. In the United Kingdom, the Upper House- the House of Lords is currently an unelected chamber. It argues that the House itself is not democratic or representative at all and this problem

The prospect for change in the House of lords has been an endless debate in British politics. The structure of the Chamber has bought about a significant argument for a transformative change in its composition. The upper chamber has already experienced some reformations over the last 100 years, including the Life Peerages Act (1958) and the Lords Act of 1999. The Lords Act reduced the number of hereditary peers to 92 members. This was seen as a significant amendment but academics claim a greater

the meaning of the word “Common” within the British society.

study, my research question is “does representation on the Canadian House of Commons affect likelihood of political participation of visible minority groups?” The Canadian House of Commons is not a mirror representation of the Canadian population, so underrepresented groups may not feel as if their voice is being heard in the Canadian government. This leads to my hypothesis “if a minority group is underrepresented in the House of Commons, then they are less likely to participate in politics”. According

elected into the House of Commons. Since then, Canadian women’s participation in the House of Commons has substantially increased from 1 female seat holder in 1921 to the present day 64 seats held by women. Although this increase is seemed as substantial, the debate about the underrepresentation of women in politics has been a central topic of debate by politicians, scholars and the general public in Canada. Although it is widely agreed that representation of women in the House of Commons needs to increase

Constitution of the United States, which also deliniates its structure and powers. Congress is a bicameral legislature, consisting of the House of Representatives (the "Lower House") and the Senate (the "Upper House"). The House of Representatives consists of 435 members, each of whom is elected by a congressional district and serves a two-year term. Seats in the House are divided between the states on the basis of population, but each state is entitled to at least one seat. In the Senate, on the other

It is important to understand the structure of the parliamentary system within which the machinery of government operates. Parliament is known as a bi-cameral legislature where by decision making autonomy resides with the lower house. The House of Commons and the House of Lords exists as a check upon the powers exerted by respective governments thou right it’s debating and ratification functions. In theory, the bi-cameral legislature in British political system exists to ensure that policy and legislation

made up of three parts; the Monarch, The House of Lords and The House of Commons. Parliament is sovereign, which mean that Parliament has the power to create or dismiss any law it chooses and all the courts must implement them. It makes Parliament the supreme legal authority in the UK. The House of Commons is the democratically chosen legislative body of Parliament; 646 Members of Parliament are elected by the public in the general elections by vote. The House of Lords currently has 780 members who

United Kingdom has five main sources of Law. The first source of Law is UK Parliament who are the supreme legislative branch of the UK. Parliament are responsible for debating and passing new Legislation. UK Parliament consists of The House of Lords House of Commons and the monarchy. A second source of Law is known as Delegated legislation this is when Parliament delegates power to another party over a specific legislation using Legislation known as a parent act. There are three types of this Law