U1- The Role Of The Legislature

Question 1

What are the main roles of the HOC?

Answer 1

Legislation
Scrutiny
Committee work

Question 2

What is the House of Lords? (HOL)

Answer 2

The unelected branch of parliament, doesn’t directly represent the people of the U.K.

Those who are members are referred to as ‘peers’

Question 3

What are the roles of the House of Lords?

Answer 3

Debate- they do have party affiliations however tend to be less partisan than MPs in the commons. Legislation can be improved by their contributions

Legislation- most bills are passed by the HOL before becoming law, however if they reject a non financial bill that has been passed by the Commons in 2 consecutive parliamentary sessions it automatically becomes law

Scrutiny- plays an active role in scrutinising the work of the government and in some cases challenges the governments intentions