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#Legislative Body
In United Kingdom, the Legislative body called by the name of Parliament. The Parliament of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body among the devolved legislature of Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland. The Legislature of the UK is Bicameral.
By passing the “Act of Union” (1800) the two parliaments of England and Scotland were composed into one single Parliament (Legislature).
Composition of the Parliament of the United Kingdom:
The Parliament of the UK is composed of the King/Queen, two chambers (House of Commons and House of Lords) with the unitary form of Government.
Parliament of the UK is one of the oldest Parliament (almost 600 years old) and called as the “Mother of the Parliaments”.
Structure of Parliament of the United Kingdom:
The structure of both houses (Parliament) is evolutionary. It changed from time to time.
House of Commons:
The first House or the Lower chamber is known as the House of Commons in the UK. Also known as the “Elected Chamber”.
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The members of the House of Commons Known as the “Member of Parliament MP". The numbers of the members of this House changed from time to time and at present the total number of members of the House of Commons is 650. The whole Parliament is divided into 650 Constituencies; 533 from England, 59 from Scotland, 40 from Wales and 18 from Northern Ireland. The members are elected on a popular basis.
The tenure of the Members of the House of Commons is 5 years under the Act of Parliament of 1911. A citizen of the UK of almost 21 years can become a member of the House of Commons under the Electoral Administration Act of 2006.
The Members of the House meet at the Palace of Westminster.
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The House of Commons is chaired by the Speaker of the House of Commons.
The most senior member and one of the three deputies of this House is called the “Chairman of Wales and Means”.
The leader of the House of Commons is the Prime Minister.
All the law-making draft was made, approved and repealed in the House of Commons. The State’s finance is controlled by the house of Commons.
The House of Commons also trains the Politicians, Statemen. In the past there are many examples, for instance the PM Mr. Churchill spent thirty years in the House of Common for the experience.
It is the House of Commons that makes and unmakes the Cabinet.
House of Lords:
The second House or the Upper House is known as the House of Lords in the UK. Also known as the unelected Chamber because the members are appointed on a heredity basis. It is one of the Oldest Legislative Chamber in the world.
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The members of House Lords called as “Peers”. The members of the House of Lords are not fixed. Membership has changed throughout history under the House of Lords Act of Reform. At present there are 786 sitting members or peers. The Peers are categories as Heredity Peers, Representative Peers, Life Peers (called as Lord Temporals) and Spiritual Peers (called as Lord Spiritual). At present 682 are lords of temporals and 42 lords are disqualified members of the judiciary and 91 heredity Peers from which 75 were elected by their heredity's fellows.
It is a permanent chamber that is never dissolved.
The elected Peers retain their office for the term of 15 years.
Just like the House of Commons, the Session of House of Lords is also held at the Palace of Westminster in London, England.
The House of Lords is Chaired by the President Officer Known as the “Lord Speaker”.
The leader of the House who is the member of the Parliament is a person, is responsible for engaging the government in the House of Lords
The Act of 1911 limited the powers of the House of Lords. Legislation may start from either house, but the House of Lords can’t make the money bills.
It has no effective control over the cabinet because the PM is not a member of the House of Lords, but this house has the power to ask questions from the government about its policies.
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The House of Lords has the power to discuss political issues without involving the government of the day.
Devolved Legislature:
There is the devolved legislature in the UK that transfer the power from the Parliament of the UK to the Parliament of Scotland (Unicameral Legislature) known as “Holyrood”, Parliament of Wales or Welsh Parliament known as the “Senedd". Northern Ireland Assembly (it sited at Stormont in Belfast).
Conclusion:
The House of Commons is the most powerful chamber in theory of the constitution. When we talked about the Parliament of the UK it means the House of the Commons.
While the House of the Lords is the Second largest Chamber of the legislative body of the world after the Chinese's National Congress. The UK’s house of lords is the only house whose member is greater than the House of Commons (Lower Chamber).
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Written By Sania Akhtar
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