House of Lords Act 1999

parliament. Just like Congress in the United States, Parliament is divided into two bodies the Senate and the House of Commons. Where parliament starts deviating from Congress is that only the officials in the House of Commons are publicly elected. This is Canada’s version of the House of Representatives. They hold office for five years or until parliament is dissolved, unlike the house of representatives which are elected every two years. The Canadian Senate is slightly different than ours,…

Comparing party roles in the UK House of Commons and U.S. Congress During my research of comparing the party roles of the UK House of Commons and the U.S. Congress, I found a variety of differences between the two bodies of government. I found many of the difference by researching the histories of both the House of Commons and U.S. Congress. I various research tools that I used included websites, books, class material and encyclopedias. My goal for this essay is to describe, in the…

Francis Bennion (2006) believes that canceling the position of Lord Chancellor is ‘undemocratic’ because it broke the judicial branch of power from the legislative or the House of Lords who in themselves cannot pass an Act without the consent of the elected House of Commons. Bennion goes on to argue that the elimination of the position of Lord Chancellor was done because of the false belief that Doctrine of the Separation of Power is a text that must…

different houses to voice disparate opinions. However, the two systems of government more often contrast with each other. Parliament, unlike Congress, represents houses through a specific order in society. Members of the House of Lords inherited their seats through ancestors attaining peerage, which is a title of nobility. This specific order lasted from the eighteenth century until 1999 when the Labor government abolished the hereditary right to a seat. Currently, in the House of Lords members…

to no separation of powers, this is because there is a majority in the house of commons of the winning party members who can get their party whips to convince others to vote in a certain way in their favour. In 2001 when the Labour party had a majority in parliament of 165 seats, bills were passed more efficiently as almost the entire party voted for each legislation passed by the Labour party making the country in what Lord Hailsham would call an elective dictatorship. Another example is…

lobbies to be created around the Palace, and so the current method of having clerks and tellers would need to be revised. There would also be a delay in returning the result to the chamber. The result needs to be given to the Speaker to announce to the House if multiple votes are taking place in multiple places these results will need to be collated before the result can be presented, potentially slowing the process down. It is unlikely Members will be able to change the voting procedure to get…

Baroness Thatcher, the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. She was famously called the Iron Lady. She was born on October 13 1925 and she was the Conservative Party’s leader. 1979 she was elected as prime minister. Her beliefs and policies caused her to become unpopular with her party and many citizens of the UK. Baroness Thatcher resigned from her position due to her unpopularity in 1990. She died on April 8 2013 at the age of 87 years old. Similarly Boris Johnson is also a…

politicians in this case, that have shared concerns or directions for the government. They can be political parties, but usually it is within the larger memberships, legislative bodies, that we find multiple caucuses on both sides of the aisle. The House Freedom Caucus is one based on conservative principles and aligned with the Tea Party Movement. A party conference is organized to determine the leadership positions and the goals inside those particular groups, a rallying of support and…

The House of Commons is made by Members of State (MPs). The public elects the members every five years. The House of Commons debates important issues, makes and reviews laws, represents the public and holds the Government to account. Inside the House of Commons, there are two sides: on one side, there is The Government, which runs the country, and the other side is called The Opposition who keeps an eye on what the Government is doing. The chamber has 437 seats for over 650 members. The Commons…

effectiveness of legislation is the process of a bill becoming a law after undergoing many stages between the House of Commons and the House of Lords.…