Chambre Des Lords

Carta really achieved is a reorganization of the state so that the king could no longer govern alone in an absolute way but had to share his power with other classes of the community. In fact, the Assembly of Barons and Church will become the House of Lords and the Other Assembly of representative would become the House of Commons (Commons for common people, not noble). The discussion would become the Parliamentary debate over the Budget. But only did Magna Carta put an end to the absolute Power for the

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century, an Irish Nationalist party had won all the seats reserved for Ireland in the british parliament. It pressed its in oder to abtain Home Rule, that is to say self-government for Ireland. In 1912, a Home Rule Bill was refused by the House of Lords because of violent opposition from the protestants in the North, who refused to be part of a country dominated by Catholics. In 1922, Ireland was divised : the greater part became an independant state and in 1949 a republic The north staid

THE BRITISH INSTITUTIONS Parliament consists of the Queen and the two Houses : - the House of Commons ( the lower House ) the House of Lords ( the upper House ) The Sovereign : The Queen opens and dissolves Parliament. Each session begins with the State Opening of Parliament by the Queen. She delivers the Queen’s speech, which is the legislative agenda written by the government for the coming year. ( Wednesday, 26 May 2010 ) She gives Royal Assent to the bills passed

Parliament. The Parliament Acts limited the influenced of Lord’s house. The house of commons is elective and the house of lords is an unselective chamber. King John Lackland signed the Magna Carta in 1215. He wanted to finance a war against France. But his council of advisors was particularly anxious about this war because it was too expensive. We were in a feudal system. The Lords at that time, because the King needed money, forced King John to sign an agreement. He agreed and it was the Magna Carta

the House of Commons) to alter the “ordinary” process of law-making in order to achieve its ends. The Parliament Act of 1911, and indeed that of 1949, demonstrate this. The House of Lords’ consistent veto of an Irish Home Rule Bill in effect prompted the Commons to change the law-making process itself, removing the Lords’ power of veto. As such, the Third Irish Home Rule Act was indeed eventually passed in accordance with the proper legislative process as it stood when it was finally made law, but

House of Lords and House of Commons) was the supreme lawmaking authority. The executive branch acted in the name of the King ("His Majesty's Government"), as did the judiciary. The King's Ministers were in most cases members of one of the two Houses of Parliament, and the Government needed to sustain the support of a majority in the House of Commons. One minister, the Lord Chancellor, was at the same time the sole judge in the Court of Chancery and the presiding officer in the House of Lords. Therefore

CHAPITRE 3 : POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 1 - The decline of Monarchy and the rise of Parliament 2 -IJK Parliament: rote, legislation and elections (the House of Commons and the House of Lords) 3 - The Prime Minister and the Cabinet 4 - Political parties 5 - Foreign and defence policy 6 – Conclusion Britain is a constitutional monarchy: it is ruled by a king or queen who accepts the advice of Parliament. It is also a parliamentary democracy, a country whose government is controlled by

elements The three elements meet together on occasions of symbolic significance such as the state opening when the house of commons of summoned by the monarch to the lords. Usually takes place in November. The agreement of all three is normally required for legislation. The royal assent is atomically given by the monarch but the House of Lords and the House of Commons may be in conflict. Usually the house of commons has the last word. A. The monarch The queen is not the head of the executive but

Parliament of the UK : the House of Lords Unlike the House of Commons, the House of Lords, which is the second -and upper- chamber in the Parliament of the UK, is not representative of the people. Indeed, its members are not elected but designated by birth or chosen by prime-ministers. As a consequence, nowadays it has less power than the House of Commons and no longer plays the important role it had retained until the early 20th century. The House of Lords has legislative but also judicial functions