Parliament

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Parliament
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What is Parliament?

• Parliament is the supreme legislative
  institution in the United Kingdom. This means it
  is the body with the power to enact laws in this
  country.
• It is the first system of its particular kind in
  the world, evolving out of the council that
  advised the monarch from as far back as 1215 with
  the creation and signing of the Magna Carta. It
  wasnt until 1910 that it developed into its
  current form however.
• It is often called the Mother of Parliaments,
  because many other countries have legislative
  bodies based on it. These are mainly the
  Commonwealth countries, because Britain once
  owned them.

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Structure

• Parliament is divided into two sections
• The House of Commons (The Lower House)
• The House of Lords (The Upper House)

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The House Of Commons
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The House Of Commons
The House of Commons comprises 646 members, known
as Members of Parliament or MPs. Each represents
a constituency, and each is chosen democratically
in a general election. Members of the party that
is in government sit on one side and members of
the opposition sit opposite. A speaker, a kind of
chairperson of the house its in-between the two
benches at the end of the room. He calls on
members to speak, no MP may stand up and speak in
the house without his permission. He also keeps
order in the house, among other duties.
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The House Of Commons
The house of lords is mainly a place for debating
issues. The issues which are to be debated are
decided
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The House Of Commons
The house of commons is part of the legislative
branch of the British Government. Acts (laws)
usually originate within the house of commons.
Bills (acts which arent law yet,) are thought up
by the cabinet and are then debated in
parliament. Here the bill is scrutinised and
revised in various stages, and is then passed
onto the house of lords.
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The House Of Commons
The cabinet comprises