Functions/powers of parliament
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- Functions of parliament
- Commons
- Legitimation
- formal process of making proposed laws legitimate by granting consent
- Commons grants the consent of the people
- In exteme circumstance, commons reject legislations altogether
- formal process of making proposed laws legitimate by granting consent
- Making Govt. accountable
- Criticising, forcing ministers to explain policy, even dismissing whole govt. via vote of no confidence
- Scrutinising legislation
- MPs examine all proposed legislation. May make amendments to improve legislation and protect interests of minorities
- representation
- Contituency
- MPs expected to ensure interests of their constituencies as a whole and individual constituents are protected. Usually done on the floor of the house.
- Intrests
- groups MPs may represent the interests of certain sections of society when they may be affect by a govt. policy.
- Contituency
- National debate
- sometimes great issues must be debates by the representatives of the people - MPs
- Lords
- Revising
- Commons
- Legitimation
- formal process of making proposed laws legitimate by granting consent
- Commons grants the consent of the people
- In exteme circumstance, commons reject legislations altogether
- formal process of making proposed laws legitimate by granting consent
- Making Govt. accountable
- Criticising, forcing ministers to explain policy, even dismissing whole govt. via vote of no confidence
- Scrutinising legislation
- MPs examine all proposed legislation. May make amendments to improve legislation and protect interests of minorities
- representation
- Contituency
- MPs expected to ensure interests of their constituencies as a whole and individual constituents are protected. Usually done on the floor of the house.
- Intrests
- groups MPs may represent the interests of certain sections of society when they may be affect by a govt. policy.
- Contituency
- National debate
- sometimes great issues must be debates by the representatives of the people - MPs
- Lords
- Revising
- Scrutinise legislation carefully - many experts in the house make this particularly meaningful
- Delaying
- lords cannot veto legislation - can delay it by a year. forces govt. to rethink legislation for another year, possibly adding amendments to make acceptable
- Secondary legislation
- great deal of minor regulation In laws - needs to be approved. commons - not enough time to review all of it, so lords must spend it greater available time checking that it is acceptable
- Limitations on Lords.
- Parliament acts, 1911 and 1949
- limited ability of lords to delay legislation to 2yrs and then 1yr. 1911 act also prevents lords having influence over financial matters.
- Salisbury Convention
- Lords cannot block legislation that was in the winning parties' election manifesto.
- threat od abolition
- Government has the power to abolish the lords, and would if ever the lords attempted to thwart the will of the elected government
- amending function is limited
- Lords can propose amendments to legislation, but they cannot be enforced without commons approval
- self-restraint
- Peers recognise that they have no democratic legitimacy, so restrain themselves in some curcumstances
- Parliament acts, 1911 and 1949
- Revising
- Lord's debate outcomes are less influential
- Legitimation
- Scrutinise legislation carefully - many experts in the house make this particularly meaningful
- Commons
- Delaying
- lords cannot veto legislation - can delay it by a year. forces govt. to rethink legislation for another year, possibly adding amendments to make acceptable
- Secondary legislation
- great deal of minor regulation In laws - needs to be approved. commons - not enough time to review all of it, so lords must spend it greater available time checking that it is acceptable
- Limitations on Lords.
- Parliament acts, 1911 and 1949
- limited ability of lords to delay legislation to 2yrs and then 1yr. 1911 act also prevents lords having influence over financial matters.
- Salisbury Convention
- Lords cannot block legislation that was in the winning parties' election manifesto.
- threat od abolition
- Government has the power to abolish the lords, and would if ever the lords attempted to thwart the will of the elected government
- amending function is limited
- Lords can propose amendments to legislation, but they cannot be enforced without commons approval
- self-restraint
- Peers recognise that they have no democratic legitimacy, so restrain themselves in some curcumstances
- Parliament acts, 1911 and 1949
- Revising
- Lord's debate outcomes are less influential
- Legitimation
- Commons
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