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Parliamentary Roles - Coggle Diagram
Parliamentary Roles
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Whips
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Extras
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If one MP doesn't want to vote, they can pair up with another MP and both agree not to vote.
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The name 'Whip' comes from hunting, the 'whippers ins' kept the pack of dogs together.
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Committees
Much of the of parliament is done in committees of either house or in joint committees of both houses. These are committees established to consider draft legeslations and these will be discussed in the section about legeslation.
Regarding accountability in 1979, the house agreed to set up a deparmental select committees that maintain oversight over the work of each government department.
In the House of Lords, select committees are concerned with five main policy areas: Europe, science, economics, communications and the UK constitution.
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Benchers
Backbenchers
Members of the house of commons who are not government ministers or opposition spokesperson. They sit behind the front row of seats in the Chamber: hence the name backbencher.
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Frontbenchers
Frontbenchers sit on the green benches in the House of Commons. On the government side this is where the ministers sit, and on the opposition benches it is where the shadow ministers representing the main opposition party sit.