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Political System in the UK

Overview of the System

- UK as a constitutional monarchy A country governed by a king or a queen, who

accepts the advice of a parliament

- Parliamentary democracy Government is controlled by a parliament, which has

been elected by the population

- Queen as the official Head of State she has little power

- Parliament led by the Prime Minister and his Cabinet

Constitution

- No written constitution in the UK

- There are rules, regulations and principles but no formal documents that could

be called “The Constitution of the UK”

The Parliament

- In the palace of Westminster

- Legislative authority

- 5 years of government max . dissolution by PM

possible

- Control of the government`s work

- Divided into two “houses“: The House of Commons

and The House of Lords

House of Commons

- The more important one of the two “houses“

- Democratic authority à elected by the population

- currently 650 MPs à each MP represents one of the

650 constituencies (523 for England, 72 for Scotland,

38 for Wales and 17 for Northern Ireland)

- It carries out the parliamentary work Main functions:

à to pass laws

à to control the government`s policy

à to debate current issues

- similar to the German Federal Diet (= Bundestag)

House of Lords

- currently consists of 731 non-elected members

highly traditional

- Divided into:

à Lords Spiritual

( = Higher bishops of the Church of England)

à Lords Temporal (= Hereditary Peers, who

inherited their titles and Life Peers, Lords who

have been given their titles for lifetime)

- Highly reduced power compared to former time

- In former times à ability to reject a legislation

- Nowadays à not the power to prohibit bills

à only power to delay bills

- Highest Court of Appeal

- Similar to the German Federal Council

Government

- Executive authority

- Composed of the party with the most seats in Parliament

- Leader of this party à Prime Minister (PM)

- PM appoints other Ministers à These Ministers form the Cabinet

- Answerable to the Parliame.....

- Limited but important power

- Regional parliaments are organized as the big one in Westminster

- Decisions they make are only for special districts

Summary – The Westminster System

Queen

.....


appoints

Prime Minister

Cabinet

Parliament

House of House of

Commons Lords


Democratic Highest Court of

Authority Appeal

Citizens above 18


Sources:

  • Green Line New: Oberstufe Klasse 11/12, P. 109 (Fact File about Devolution)

, 1e3, 25.01.12


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