LGISLATIVE BRANCH OF POWER IN THE UK

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LGISLATIVE BRANCH OF POWER IN THE UK.

The UK parliament is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and Government is drawn from and answerable to it. Parliament is bicameral, consisting of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. There is also a devolved Scottish Parliament and devolved Assemblies in Wales and Northern Ireland, with varying degrees of legislative authority.

House of Lords The members of the House of Lords are not elected, but are appointed by the Crown. It is composed of lords temporal, that is, hereditary or life peers; lords spiritual, the archbishops and bishops of England; and the law lords, who assist in the judicial functions of the House of Lords. There approximately 1100 members but only about one third attend daily.

Except for financial bills, the House of Lords can introduce bills as well as make amendments to bills passed by the House of Commons. The House of Lords can only delay the passages of bills for up to about one year and only thirty days for financial bills. Terms of the Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949 forbid the lords from disapproving bills if the House of Commons has passed them two times in successive sessions.

House of Commons of the United Kingdom The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which meets in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body consisting of 650 members known as Members of Parliament (MPs). Members are elected to represent constituencies by firstpast-the-post and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved.

Bills may be introduced in either house, though controversial bills normally originate in the House of Commons. The supremacy of the Commons in legislative matters is assured by the Parliament Acts, under which certain types of bills may be presented for the Royal Assent without the consent of the House of Lords.

Guy Fawkes Night

is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in England. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London, and months later the introduction of the Observance of 5 th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot's failure.

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