The House of Commons, The House of Lords, The Crown in Parliament (the Monarchy)
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What does the House of Commons consist of?
650 MP's, one for each constituency.
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How are MP's elected?
They are elected by a single member parliamentary constituency using FPTP
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Who are MP's usually?
Members of a party, subject to party discipline
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Who is the politically and legally dominant chamber Parliament?
House of Commons
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What does it mean for The HOC to have supreme legislative power?
That they can make, unmake or amend any laws the wish.
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How can the HOC remove the government of the day?
By defeating it on a major issues, or through a vote of no confidence.
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What are the two key powers of the HOC?
They have supreme legislative power; they can remove the government of the day
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How does the HOC exercise the legal sovereignty of Parliament?
By making, amending and unmaking any law it wishes.
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What makes up the House of Lords?
Life peers, Hereditary peers and Lords Spirtual
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How many life peers are there and who are they?
678, they are peers who are entitled to sit in the Lords for their lifetimes.
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How are life peers appointed?
Under the Life Peerages Act, appointed by the PM with recommendations by the opposition leaders. And through the HOL appointments commission.
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What are Hereditary peers and how many are there?
Peers who hold inherited titles which carry the right to sit in the HOL, there are 92
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Who are the Lords Spiritual, and how many are there?
Bishops and Archbishops of C of E, there are 26.
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How are Lords Spiritual appointed?
Appointed by the PM on the basis of recommendations by the C of E
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What are the Lords powers?
They can delay Bills passed by the HOC for up to 1 year and posses some Veto powers.
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What Bills can the House of Lords not delay?
Money Bills
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What does the Salisbury Convention mean for the HOL?
They cannot defeat measures outlined in the Governments election manifesto.
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What do the Veto Powers of the HOL include?
The extension of the life of Parliament (delays to GE's); the firing of senior judges (can only be done with consent of both Houses); The introduction of secondary or delegated legislation.
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What do Veto powers mean?
That they cannot be overridden by the commons.
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What is the role of the Monarch in Parliament?
Ceremonial and Symbolic
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How is the Monarch involved in appointing a Government?
Appointing the Prime Minister (usually with little choice, having to pick the leader of the Majority)
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How does the Monarch open and dismiss Parliament?
Opens its at the start of the Parliamentary year, and dismisses it so a GE can be held.
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What is the Queen's Speech?
A speech delivered at the start of each Parliamentary session, informing Parliament of the Governments legislative programme.
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Who is the Queens Speech written by?
The PM
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What is Royal Assent?
The Final stage of the Legislative Process, when the Monarch signs a Bill to make it an Act.
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What did Walter Bagehot say of the Monarchy as an institution.
It was dignified rather than effective.
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650 MP's, one for each constituency.
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