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Parliament basics - Coggle Diagram
Parliament basics
Speaker
MP elected into role by fellow MPs
Expected to act completely impartially
Call upon MPs in debates
Ensures parties recieve fair share of debating time
Anounces results of votes
Casting vote in case of a tie
MPS
Represent constituencies
Expected to scrutinise government
Debate legislation and issues of the day
Legitimise legislation and represent popular consent
BACKBENCHERS
Not expected to criticise gov to strongly
Represent constituents by:
Questioning ministers
Participating in debates
Participating in public bill and select comittees
Official opposition
Criticises government
Presents itself as alternate government
Leader called upon every wednesday to question pm
On all committees in the commons
Given 20 days a year to raise issue for debate
Whips
All parties have a group
Work with opp whip to arrange business of house and send out memos
Responsible for pairing mps who wish to be absent from house
Ensures party leader is aware of mps feelings on issues
Incentives and sancrions mps - especially in minority gov
COMMONS
650 mps
mps elected by single member parliamentry constituency
Almost always reps of a party
Most are backbenchers - minority are members of gov or shadow cabinet
LORDS
Life peers
Entitled to sit in for lifetime - makeup most of the ppers - nominated by PM
People's peers
Based on individual recommendations made by lords appointments comission
Hereditary peers
Inherited titles (max 92)
Lords spiritual
Appointed by OM based on recommendations of CofE
Parliament
UK's legislature
Consider and pass leg and hold gov to account
Government
Uk's government
Propose laws and run country