The three branches of Government
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- Created on: 01-12-21 18:52
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- The Government
- The Legislature
- Parliament
- House of Commons
- Made up of 650 MPs, therefore it is democratically elected every five years due to David Cameron's Fixed Term Parliament Act
- MPs propose new laws, scrutinise government policies by asking ministers questions in either the Commons Chamber or committees
- The Prime Minister must keep the interest of the House of Commons
- House of Lords
- NOT democratically elected
- Made up of bishops, ministers, people with great expertise in a wide variety of fields
- There are hereditary peers & life peers- hereditary peers, who have inherited the title from their parents, or life peers, whose titles cannot be inherited.
- Our Parliament is a bicameral legislature, made up of the House of Commons & the House of Lords.
- House of Commons
- Parliament
- The Executive
- The Crown
- The Government(the prime Minister and cabinet ministers)
- There are two types of responsibility with ministers: collective & individual minister responsibility
- Consists of secretaries of state. Prime Minister, minister of state
- Executes and enforces the law
- The Judiciary
- A system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes that interprets the law
- The Supreme Court is the highest court in the UK, and it deals with constitutional matters, however there are also magistrates' courts and tribunals
- Judicial neutrality
- Judicial independence
- A system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes that interprets the law
- The Legislature
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