Essay On British Parliament

BRITISH INSTITUTIONS: PARLIAMENT AND MONARCHY

1. What is the Parliament?

The Parliament is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependences and overseas territories. It possesses legislative supremacy and ultimate power over the rest of political bodies in the UK and its territories. It examines what the Government is doing, creates new laws, retains the power to tax fixation and it is where the concerns of the day are debated. It is bicameral, consisting of an upper house called the House of Lords and a lower house called the House of Commons.

2. Parliament History

We can trace back the origins of the British Parliament to the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the 8th century. There were two different meetings: on one side the Witan with clergymen, barons and people chosen by the king, and on the other Moots were local meetings of lords, sheriffs, bishops and commoners. In 1215 the

Firs we could see that practice is a general comprehension established over the centuries which does not need to be formally written down. There are also Standing orders under which Parliament conducts its interests, also it regulates the way the members behave and how the debates are organized. In the House of Commons, Rulings from the Chair relate to the decisions on procedure that have been referred to the President of the House (the speaker) in order to clarify them. In the House of Lords, the Procedure Committee look after procedure.

4. Main functions of Parliament

The main functions of the Parliament are to scrutiny the work of the Government, to make and change laws, debate the important concerns of the day and fix the budgets and taxes. The main organs are the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Monarchy. The Parliament more important issues take place in the two Houses, the decisions one House made must be approved by the other.

5. UK Parliament´s role in Europe before