Government Group 8

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GOVERNMENT

The United Kingdom :

- A parliamentary democracy, baed on !ni"eral !##rage$

-A contit!tional monarchy in %hich miniter o# the &ro%n go"ern in the name o#

the 'o"ereign ,%ho i head o# 'tate and (ead o# the go"ernment $

-The relationhip bet%een the 'tate and the people relie on tat!te la% , common

la% and con"ention $

-The UK )arliament *the legilat!re + mae primary legilation

-)arliament i !preme and ha a!thority o"er go"ernment and la%-maing in the

United Kingdom a a %hole $

-The eec!ti"e comprie the Go"ernment *member o# &abinet and other

miniter reponible #or policie +,go"ernment department and agencie ,local

a!thoritie ,p!blic corporation ,independent reg!latory bodie ,and certain other

organi.ation !b/ect to miniterial control $

-The go"ernment deri"e it a!thority and memberhip #rom )arliament and can

only tay in o##ice i# it i able to command a ma/ority in the (o!e o# &ommon $

-The /!diciary determine common la% and interpret legilation $

-A Monarchy ,The 0!een i head o# the eec!ti"e and play an integral part in the

legilat!re $'he head the /!diciary and i both the commander-in-chie# o# all the

Armed 1orce o# the &ro%n and 2!preme go"ernor3 o# the etablihed &h!rch o#

England $

GROU) 4

TO)5&: GOVERNMENT

MEM6ER': 7E T(5 65N( NGU8EN

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0!een Eli.abeth

)rime miniter : 9a"id &ameron

-5n practice, the Monarch act on the ad"ice o# her miniter$

)AR75AMENTAR8 E7E&TORA7 '8'TEM$

-The United Kingdom i di"ided into ;


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-&ontit!encie "ary in i.e and area ,the a"erage electorate i aro!nd

;>,?@@$The larget electorate in 9ecember @@? %a the 5le o# ight

*B@;,;@@ regitered "oter+ and the mallet the parely pop!lated Eilean

'iar * B,?@@+$

VOTER' :

-UK citi.en and citi.en o# other &ommon%ealth co!ntrie and the Rep!blic

5reland reident in the United Kingdom ,may "ote in election to the UK

)arliament contit!ency , and not !b/ect any legal in capacity to "ote $

-Member o# armed #orce ,&ro%n er"ant and ta## o# the 6ritih &o!ncil

employed o"erea may be regitered a3 er"ice "oter 2 or at an addre in

the contit!ency %here they %o!ld i# not er"ing abroad $6ritih citi.en li"ing

o"erea are entitled to regiter at their lat UK contit!ency and to "ote #or !pto B< year a#ter mo"ing abroad $

-)eople not entitled to "ote incl!de member o# the (o!e o# 7ord ,#oreign

national reident in the United Kingdom, ome patient detained !nder mental

health legilation ,con"icted %ithin the pre"io! < year o# corr!pt or illegal

election practice $

VOT5NG )RO&E9URE' :

-Voting i not comp!lory in the UK and the imple ma/ority ytem i !ed#or etminter election $

-At etminter election each elector may cat one "ote$

-The go"ernment ha taen a n!mber o# mea!re deigned to mae "oting

more acceible #or the electorate and allo% people more #leibility in

%here and %hen they "ote $Thee incl!de the introd!ction in @@@ o# potal

"oting on demand and the poibility o# "oting in a n!mber o# other %ay in

General election ometime a#ter @@;$


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&AN959ATE' :

- 6ritih citi.en and reident citi.en o# other &ommon%ealth co!ntrie and

the Rep!blic o# 5reland may be elected a M) pro"ided that they are aged

B or o"er and are not diC!ali#ied $

-9iC!ali#ied people incl!de member o# the (o!e o# 7ord , and holder

o# certain o##ice lited in the (o!e o# &ommon 9iC!ali#ication Act

B=>< $

Each candidate3 nomination m!t be propoed and econded by electorregitered in the contit!ency and igned by 4 other $

-&andidate do not ha"e to be baced by a political party $A candidate m!t

depoit


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)arty , #o!nded in B=>@ ,and 'inn 1ein ,%hich i the political %ing o#

the 5rih Rep!blican Army $

-The party that %in mot eat at a General Election ,or that ha the

!pport o# a ma/ority o# M) in the &ommon , !!ally become the

Go"ernment $-6y tradition ,the 'o"ereign in"ite the leader o# that party to #orm a

go"ernment $

-The larget minority party become the o##icial Oppoition ,%ith it

o%n leader and hado% cabinet$

-'ince B=< the traditional t%o-party ytem o# go"ernment in the UK

)arliament ha been maintained ,%ith po%er being held by either the

&oner"ati"e )arty or the 7abo!r )arty $Each ha %on 4 General

Election in thi period ,the 7abo!r party being !cce#!l in the mot

recent General Election in @@B$

B$ )arliament

- The UK parliament i one o# the oldet repreentati"e aemblie in the

%orld

- 5t3 origin in the B?thcent!ry- 9!ring the Bthcent!ry t%o ditinct (o!e o# parliament began to

emerge, %ith the 2&ommon3 itting apart #rom the 2Upper (o!e3 #rom

B?B$

- 5t %a alo accepted that there ho!ld be no taation %itho!t

parliamentary conent


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- There are three part o# parliament D the elected (o!e o# &ommon,

the appointed (o!e o# 7ord and the o"ereign

$ 1!nction

The main #!nction o# )arliament are:

- To pa la%- To pro"ide Fby "oting #or taation the mean o# carrying

on the %or o# go"ernment

- To cr!tini.e go"ernment policy and adminitration,

incl!ding propoal #or ependit!re

- To debate the ma/or i!e o# the day

?$ Meeting

- A )arliament ha a maim!m li#e o# #i"e year, b!t not all parliament

er"e their #!ll term

- The maim!m li#e ha been prolonged by legilation in rarecirc!mtance

- The 'o"ereign diol"e )arliament and call #or a General Election on

the o# the prime Miniter

- The li#e o# a etminter )arliament i di"ided into eion$ Each

!!ally lat a year D normally beginning in No"ember and ending in

October or No"ember

- The t%o (o!e do not normally it at %eeend, at &hritma, Eater

and the late 'pring 6an (oliday

- There i alo a rece in the !mmer #rom late H!ly to October, b!t ince@@? both (o!e ret!rn #or abo!t t%o %ee in 'eptember be#ore a

brea that coincide %ith the political party con#erence

- Each eion i ended by the 'o"ereign dimiing it D called

2prorogation3$ )arliament then tand prorog!ed #or a #e% day !ntil the

ne% eion begin$

- )rorogation bring to an end nearly all parliament b!ine

$ The party ytem in parliament

- 7eader o# the Go"ernment and Oppoition, %ith member o# the &abinet

and hado% &abinet repecti"ely, it oppoite one another on the #ront

benche in the debating chamber o# the (o!e o# &ommon$ Their

!pporter, the bacbencher, it behind them$

- 6enche to the right o# the peaer are !ed by the Go"ernment and it

!pporter, thoe to the le#t are occ!pied by the Oppoition and member

o# the other partie$


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- There are imilar eating arrangement #or the partie in the (o!e o#

7ord, b!t many peer do not %ih to be aociated %ith a political party,

and chooe to it on the 2crobenche3$

- The e##ecti"ene o# the party ytem in )arliament relie to a large

etent on the relationhip bet%een the go"ernment and the Oppoition

partie$

- The Go"ernment &hie# hip in the &ommon and the 7ord, incon!ltation %ith their Oppoition co!nterpart, arrange the ched!ling

o# go"ernment b!ine !nder the direction o# the )rime Miniter and the

7eader o# the t%o (o!e$

- The &hie# hip and their aitant, %ho are !!ally choen by the

party leader, manage their parliamentary partie$


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- Their d!tie incl!de eeping member in#ormed o# #orthcoming

parliamentary b!ine, maintaining the party3 "oting trength by

en!ring member attend important debate, and paing on to the party

leaderhip he opinion o# bac bench member


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hereditarypeer li#e peerFcarry o!t the /!diciald!tie

all other li#e peer

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o#EnglandThe (o!e o# 7ord

Fconit o#:

- They are elected by the (o!e a nominee o# the Go"ernment party b!t

may come #rom the Oppoition a %ell a the Go"ernment party$

- The &ler i alo acco!nting o##icer #or the (o!e$

House of Lords

The (o!e o# 7ord i the !pper ho!eo# the )arliament o# the United Kingdom$

7ie the (o!e o# &ommon, it meet in the )alace o# etminter$
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Member o# the (o!e o# 7ord do not recei"e a alary #or their parliamentary

%or, b!t they can claim #or epene inc!rred in attending the (o!e and #or

certain tra"elling epene$

5n H!ne @@?, the Go"ernment anno!nced a n!mber o# ma/or contit!tionalchange, created the 9epartment #or &ontit!tional A##air, %hich replaced the

7ord &hancellor3 9epartment

Officers of the House of Lords

The 'peaer in the 7ord, traditionally the 7ord &hancellor, ha limited po%er

compared %ith thoe o# the 'peaer o# the (o!e o# &ommon$ The 7ord

themel"e control the proceeding %ith ad"ice #rom the 7eader o# the (o!e$

Under the Go"ernment3 propoed contit!tional change, the role o# the 'peaer

%o!ld no longer be #!l#illed by the 7ord &hancellor$ 5n No"ember @@?, the (o!e

o# 7ord recommended that the 'peaer ho!ld be no%n a 7ord 'peaer$

A the &ler o# the (o!e o# 7ord, the &ler o# the )aliament i reponible #or

the record o# procedding o# the (o!e o# 7ord and #or the tet o# Act o# the UK

)aliament$ The J6lac Rod i reponible #or ec!rity, accommodation and

e"ice in the (o!e o# 7ord3part o# )alace o# erminter$


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Paliamentary privilege: to en!re that )arliament can carry o!t it d!tie %itho!t

hindrance, certain right and imm!nitie apply collecti"ely to each (o!e and it

ta##, and to each menmber$ Thee incl!de:

1reedom o# peech 1irt call on the attendance o# Member

The right o# acce to the &ro%n

Paliamentary procedure: i largely baed on precedent and i et do%n by each

(o!e in a code o# practice no%n a iit

J'tanding Order

5n the &ommon, the 'peaer:

(a #!ll a!thority to en#orce the

r!le o# the (o!e

M!t !phold proced!re and

protect the right o# minoritie in

the (o!e

May or may not allo% a motion to

end dic!ion

(a po%er to top irrele"ant and

repetitio! contrib!tion in debate May order M)

'!per"ie "oting in the &ommon

and anno!nce the #inal re!lt

The Monarchy

The Monarchy i the oldet intit!tion o# Go"ernment$ The 0!een3 #!ll title i

JEli.abeth the 'econd, by the Grace o# God, o# the United Kingdom o# Great6ritain and Northern 5reland and o# (er other Realm and Terriorie 0!een, (ead

o# the &ommon%ealth, 9e#ender o# the 1aith$


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Succession

The #irt

e"en

member o#

the Royal

1amily in

order o#

!cceion to

the Throne are: The )rince o# ale, )rince illiam o# ale, )rince (enry o#

ale, The 9!e o# 8or, )rince 6eatrice o# 8or, )rince E!genie o# 8or and

The Earl o# ee$ 7ady 7o!ie indor,the da!ghter o# the Earl and &o!nte o#

ee, became eighth in line to the throne on her birth in No"ember @@?$

The Monarchys role in government

O"er time the Monarchy3 po%er ha been grad!ally red!ced$ The 0!een3

in#l!ence i mainly in#ormal and ha"ing epreed her "ie%, he abide by the

ad"ice o# her miniter$

The 0!een d!tie incl!de !mmoning and diol"ing )aliament and gi"ing Royal

Aent to legilation paed by the UK or 'cottih )arliament or by the Northern

5reland$ 'he #ormally appoint important o##ice holder$ 5n international a##air, a

the (ead o# the 'tate, he ha the po%er to declare %ar and mae peace, to

recognie #oreign tate and concl!de treatie$

Her Majestys Government

The Go"ernment conit o# miniter reponible #or the cond!ct o# nationala##air$ A#ter a General Election, The 0!een appoint the leader o# the party that

%on the mot eat in the (o!e o# &ommon a )rime Miniter$ Abo!t B@@

member o# the go"erning party recei"e miniterial appointment$ Ne% miniterial

o##ice may be created, other may be abolihed, and #!nction may be tran#erred

#rom one miniter another$


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)R5ME M5N5'TER

The )rime Miniter i head o# the UK Go"ernment

and i !ltimately reponible #or the policy and

deciion o# go"ernment$

A head o# the UK go"ernment the )rime Miniter

alo:

-o"eree the operation o# the &i"il 'er"ice and

go"ernment agencie-appoint member o# the go"ernment

-i the principal go"ernment #ig!re in the (o!e o#

&ommon

9a"id &ameron

- )reide o"er the &abinet

- Allocate #!nction among miniter

- (a"e reg!lar meeting the The 0!een to in#orm her o# the general

b!ine o# the Go"ernment

- Recommend a n!mber o# appointment to the 0!een

- Repreent the United Kingdom at ma/or international e"ent

T(E &A65NET

The &abinet i the !ltimate deciion-maing body o# the eec!ti"e %ithin the

etminter ytem o# go"ernment in traditional contit!tional theory$ &abinet

miniter are head o# go"ernment department, motly %ith the o##ice o#

L'ecretary o# 'tate #or *#!nction, e$g$ 9e#ence+L$ 5n 'eptember @@ there %ere &abinet miniter D @ M) and t%o peer D %hile a third peer, the Go"ernment

&hie# hip in the (o!e o# 7ord, alo !!ally attend &abinet meeting$

M!ch o# %or o# the &abinet i delegated to &abinet committee$ They pro"ide a

#rame%or #or collecti"e conideration o#, and deciion on, ma/or policy i!e


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and matter o# igni#icant p!blic interet, and en!re that the "ie% o# all rele"ant

miniter are conidered$

&A65NET AN9 OT(ER M5N5'TER'

The 9ep!ty )rime Miniter i 1irt 'ecretary o# 'tate, dep!tiing #or the )rime

Miniter in the United Kingdom and abroad and chairing a n!mber o# &abinet

committee and !bcommittee$

The O##ice o# the 9ep!ty )rime Miniter ha reponibilitie #or regional policyI

local go"ernment and planning, ho!ing and regeneration$

GOV ERNMENT 9E)ARTMENT'

B$ 9epartment #or &ontit!tional A##air

$ 9epartment #or &!lt!re Media and 'port

?$ (ome O##ice

$ 9epartment o# (ealth

$ 9epartment #or Ed!cation and 'ill4$ 9epartment #or Trade and 5nd!try

=$ 9epartment #or En"ironment, 1ood and R!ral A##air

B@$(M Trea!ry

BB$ Northern 5reland O##ice

B$)ri"y &o!ncil

B?$ale O##ice

B$'cotland O##ice

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