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UK Government
The British government is a constitutional monarchy. Queen Elizabeth II has ultimate authority but power is exercised by the Cabinet and Parliament and led by the Prime Minister. Ask questions here about the history, organization and traditions of British government.
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What are the duties of the English Parliament?
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England has no parliament of it's own, however the UK's parliament is situated in London, England. When England had a parliament prior to 1707 the Parliament's biggest duties were to approve new taxes and adivse the king of England.
There has not been an English Parliament since 1707. England is directly governed by the United Kingdom parliament at Westminster.
Answer 2 (UK Parliament)Parliament examines what the Government is doing, makes new laws, holds the power to set taxes and debates the issues of the day. The House of Commons and House of Lords each play an important role in Parliament's work.Who was the first female black british mp?
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Three black MP's were elected for the first time in the 1987 General Election. They were Bernie Grant, Diane Abbott and Paul Boateng, all Labour and all for London constituencies.
How many constituencies are there throughout the United Kingdom?
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The UK is currently divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies, each of which is represented by one MP in the House of Commons. Although constituencies vary widely in area, the average number of voters in each constituency is approximately 68,175.
How do you find who served on what ship during World War 2?
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If you know the name of the ship, try an Internet search for it. For example, if it was the USS Sims, go ask.com and type in "USS Sims." This will bring up any web sites for the USS Sims. You can enter any site and see if they have a bulletin board to ask questions. This is how I found shipmates of my Grandfathers from the USS Randolph.
The members of the House of Lords who have been given seats through an honored achievement they have accomplished are called?
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heriditary peers
In UK Houses of Commons why do other MPs stand up after someone has finished speaking and why is it only some MPs?
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They are signalling to the Speaker that they would like to be selected by him/her to speak next.
How did the Great Compromise establish the legislative body?
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The Great Compromise took the ideas of the Virginia Plan (large state plan) and the New Jersey Plan (small state plan) and created a two house legislature (bicameral). The Senate would be made up of equal number of senators from each state, selected by the state legislatures. The House of Representatives would be elected by the people in each district and state, and based upon population representation. The more people living in the state, the more representatives the state would have. But even small states would be equally represented with the large states in the Senate. A bill would have to be approved by both houses before it became law. And only the House (the most representative of the people) could initiate money bills.
Who was the Prime Minister in UK in 1889?
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Salisbury till 1892
Gladstone 1892-94
Rosebery 1894-95
Salisbury 1895-1903
Who were the prime ministers of Great Britain from 1935 - 1950?
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Surprisingly there have been quite a few in the 70 odd years since 1935. Here they are: 2007 Gordon Brown (New Labour)
2005-2007 Tony Blair (New Labour)
2001-2005 Tony Blair (New Labour)
1997-2001 Tony Blair (New Labour)
1992-1997 John Major (Conservative)
1990-1992 John Major (Conservative)
1987-1990 Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
1983-1987 Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
1979-1983 Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
1976-1979 James Callaghan (Labour)
1974-1976 Harold Wilson (2nd time) (Labour)
1970-1974 Edward Heath (Conservative)
1964-1970 Harold Wilson (Labour)
1963-1964 Sir Alec Douglas-Home (Conservative)
1959-1963 Harold Macmillan (Conservative)
1957-1959 Harold MacMillan (conservative)
1955-1957 Anthony Eden (Conservative)
1951-1955 Winston Churchill (2nd time) (Conservative)
1950-1951 Clement Attlee (Labour)
1945-1950 Clement Attlee (Labour)
1940-1945 Winston Churchill (Conservative, Coalition)
1939-1940 Neville Chamberlaine (Conservative)
1937-1939 Neville Chamberlain (Conservative)
1935-1937 Stanley Baldwin (3rd time)(Conservative, National coalition)
1931-1935 James Ramsay MacDonald (National coalition)
Who was the leader of England during WW2?
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Winston Churchill from May 1940. King George VI reigned all through the war.
How many Law Lords sit in the House of Lords?
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None. Upon the creation of the Supreme Court in October 2009, the Law Lords were removed from the House of Lords. This has strengthened the separation of powers by removing the judiciary from the legislature.
What was the conflict between Crown and the parliament in the 17th century?
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Some evidence suggests that religious reasons are most important for causing the war like the Scottish rebellion and growing gap between Puritans and standard Protestants. However, some evidence suggests Charles style of reign was most important. Like his very strong belief on divine right of kings. There is also evidence for financial problems being an issue, social, constitutional and national conflict. There is no clear answer really.
There are a number of religious reasons as to why the civil war broke out. One of the reasons not necessarily the most crucial was that Charles married a Catholic woman; this caused a number of fears that she would convert him. Although a protestant he was a cultured man and enjoyed decorated churches, this however was seen as Catholic and angered many Protestants especially Puritans. However, what angered most Protestants out of all the religious squabbles was Archbishop William Laud. He was a huge opposition of Puritans a sect of Protestantism. He was afraid of the local bishops running there own church and the system of hierarchy that he was head of being overrun. However, the Protestants thought the Counter Reformation which at the time was spreading all through Europe would come to England. Also the fact the Protestants were losing the 30 years war.
Other reasons for the civil war was financial problems this was mainly based around the fact Parliament had to give him permission to collect taxes which meant as the parliament didn't like his view on the divine right of kings they suppressed money from him. To get money from the people Ship Tax was introduced another tax first introduced in just coastal counties
In the 1970s, a Marxist approach to the reasoning behind the civil war was favoured as after all Parliament is commoners and the crown is aristocracy. However, in the end it was discovered, after doing a survey, that the two sides were split evenly so technically the whole Marxist approach is not valid. Therefore a lot of time was wasted in Cambridge and other universities in the 1970s trying to prove the Marxist approach was incorrect.
Was Virginia more democratic than England?
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Yes. Early in the history of Jamestown, the Polish immigrants who were the manufacturing tradesman (and not yet land title holders) struck for rights not allowed by the charter and opened a way for suffrage not available in England.
How many people work in state government?
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well the NHS employs around 1.5 million
law enforcement has 150,000 - 200,000
the army has 195,000 active service personnel with 233,000 reserves
Who is the leader of England today?
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England does not have a leader as it is a constituent nation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (U.K.)
The head of state of the U.K. is HRH Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Minister is David Cameron of the Conservative party, currently in a coalition with Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats serving as deputy Prime Minister.
How much do judges get paid in the UK?
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The report of the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB), published on 01 March 2007, recommended an increase averaging 2.4% for judicial salaries (though the recommendation for office holders in Group 6.2 was a little lower than the average, at around 2%). The increases proposed by the Review Body are to be paid in two stages. This first instalment, which will be 1.5% in every case, will be paid with effect from 1 April 2007, and the balance of the recommended amount will be paid from 1 November 2007. The revised rates of remuneration arising from this are set out below. There are no changes in the composition of the Groups. | Group 1 | Group 1.1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6.1 | Group 6.2 | Group 7 |
|Notes | Group 1: * Lord Chief Justice Salary wef 1 November 2006: £225,000
Salary wef 1 April 2007 £228,375
Salary wef 1 November 2007: £230,400 * Back to top
Group 1.1: * Master of the Rolls * Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland * Lord President of the Court of Session * Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Salary wef 1 November 2006: £200,800
Salary wef 1 April 2007 £203,812
Salary wef 1 November 2007: £205,700 * Back to top
Group 2: * Lords of Appeal in Ordinary * Lord Justice Clerk * President of the Family Division * President of the Queen's Bench Division * The Chancellor of the High Court Salary wef 1 November 2006: £194,000
Salary wef 1 April 2007 £196,910
Salary wef 1 November 2007: £198,700 * Back to top
Group 3: * Inner House Judges of the Court of Session * Lords Justices of Appeal * Lords Justices of Appeal (Northern Ireland) Salary wef 1 November 2006: £184,400
Salary wef 1 April 2007 £187,166
Salary wef 1 November 2007: £188,900 * Back to top
Group 4: * High Court Judges * Outer House Judges of the Court of Session * Puisne Judges (Northern Ireland) * Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster Salary wef 1 November 2006: £162,000
Salary wef 1 April 2007 £164,430
Salary wef 1 November 2007: £165,900 * Chief Asylum Support Adjudicator Salary wef 1 April 2007: £139,583
Salary wef 1 November: £140,875 * Back to top
Group 5: * Chairman, Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeal Panel [Note 1] * Chairman, Scottish Land Court * Chief Social Security Commissioners (England, Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland) * Circuit Judges at the Central Criminal Court in London (Old Bailey Judges) * Deputy President, Asylum & Immigration Tribunal * Judge Advocate General * Judges of the Technology and Construction Court * Permanent Circuit Judge, Employment Appeals Tribunal * President, Appeal Tribunals (England, Wales and Scotland) * President, Care Standards Tribunal * President, Employment Tribunals (England and Wales) * President, Employment Tribunals (Scotland) * President, Claims Management Services Tribunal * President, Financial Services and Markets Tribunal (FINSMAT) (Note 2) * President, VAT and Duties Tribunals * Presiding Special Commissioner of Income Tax * President, Lands Tribunals (England and Wales) * President, Lands Tribunal (Scotland) * Recorder of Belfast (Note 3) * Recorder of Liverpool * Recorder of Manchester * Senior Circuit Judges * Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate) * Sheriffs Principal * Specialist Circuit Judges (Note 4) Salary wef 1 November 2006: £129,900
Salary wef 1 April 2007 £131,849
Salary wef 1 November 2007: £133,100 * Back to top
Group 6.1: * Chief Registrar and Senior and Chief Masters * Circuit Judges * County Court Judges (Northern Ireland) * Judge Advocate of the Fleet * Master of the Court of Protection * President, Appeal Tribunals (Northern Ireland) * President, Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (Northern Ireland) * President, Lands Tribunals (Northern Ireland) * Regional Chairmen, Appeal Tribunals * Regional Chairmen Employment Tribunals (England and Wales; and Scotland) * Registrar of Criminal Appeals * Senior District Judge, Principal Registry of the Family Division * Sheriffs * Senior Cost Judge * Senior Immigration Judges * Social Security Commissioners (England, Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland) * Vice-President, Employment Tribunal (Scotland) Salary wef 1 November 2006: £120,300
Salary wef 1 April 2007 £122,105
Salary wef 1 November 2007: £123,200 * Back to top
Group 6.2: * Adjudicator, HM Land Registry * Chairmen, VAT and Duties Tribunals * Deputy Senior District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) * Members, Claims Management Service Tribunal * Members, Lands Tribunals (England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland) * Regional Chairmen, Mental Health Review Tribunals, England * Special Commissioners of Income Tax * Vice-Judge Advocate General * Vice-Presidents, Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (Northern Ireland) * Vice-Presidents, VAT and Duties Tribunals (England and Wales; and Scotland) Salary wef 1 November 2006: £114,400
Salary wef 1 April 2007 £116,116
Salary wef 1 November 2007: £116,700 * Designated Immigration Judges (Note 5) * President, Pensions Appeal Tribunal (Notes 5 and 6) Salary wef 1 November 2006: £104,220
Salary wef 1 April 2007 £105,784
Salary wef 1 November 2007: £106,812 * Deputy Chief Asylum Support Adjudicator (Note 5) * Presiding Resident Magistrate (Northern Ireland) Salary wef 1 April 2007: £105,784
Salary wef 1 November 2007: £106,812 * Back to top
Group 7: (Note 5) * Assistant Judge Advocates General * (District) Chairmen, Appeal Tribunals * Chairmen, Employment Tribunals (England and Wales; and Scotland) * Chairmen, Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (Northern Ireland) * Coroner (Northern Ireland) * Costs Judges * Deputy President Pensions Appeal Tribunal * District Judges * District Judges of the Principal Registry of the Family Division * District Judges (Magistrates' Courts) * District Judges (Northern Ireland) * Immigration Judges * Masters and Registrars of the Supreme Court * Masters of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) * Members, Gambling Appeals Tribunal * Resident Magistrates, Northern Ireland * Chief Medical Member, Appeals Tribunal Salary wef 1 November 2006: £96,500
Salary wef 1 April 2007 £97,948
Salary wef 1 November 2007: £98,900 * Adjudicator, Asylum Support Adjudicators Salary wef 1 April 2007: £87,300
Salary wef 1 November 2007: £88,109 (Note 7) * Back to top ---- Notes # Part-time position. Salary of £75,482 for 3 day week is pro rata to Group 5 rate. # All four offices currently held by the same person. Current incumbent (as at 1/4/02) paid at Group 4 rate. # Current post-holder receives a salary of 108% of Group 5 rate under arrangement established from 1/4/02. # Chancery, Mercantile and Patents Judges. # Deputy Chief Asylum Support Adjudicator, President, Pension Appeal Tribunal and Designated Immigration Judges in London and London Group 7 posts will continue to attract a London salary lead of £2,000 p.a. and a London Allowance of £2000 pa. # Current post-holder receives a salary of 108% of Group 7 rate. # £4,000 of this figure will be designated as London Weighting
* Back to top ---- This letter gives the senior salaries review body our view on the appropriate rate of pay increase for judges for 2007 to 2008. This is supported by information on judicial recruitment and other relevant factors. * Senior Salaries Review Body : annual written evidence 2006 [PDF 279kb, 36 pages]
How can judicial review limit the power of the Executive?
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The judiciary can hold the Executive branch to account for its actions; it is a system of 'checks and balances' that ensure no branch of government has too much power.
How old do you have to be to lead the parliament in the UK?
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Unlike some countries, the UK does not have a special age of eligibility for key public offices. Any person who has attained the age of majority (currently 18) is able to serve as a member of either the House of Commons (by election) or the House of Lords (by appointment), which means anyone aged 18 or older can serve as Leader of the House in either chamber.
Identify three key ideas found in the English bill of rights?
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One of the ideas the Americans wanted in their government that the English had in their Bill of Rights was the freedom of speech. They also wanted the right to bear arms and the right for a person to be presumed innocent until found guilty.
Who is the most famous monarch in the world?
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Of living monarchs, Queen Elizabeth II of England is the most famous.
What are 5 duties of the proprietor?
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Owning and establishing a colony Exclusive rights to ownership of said colony Grant land to settlers
Who takes over the country when parliament is dissolved in uk?
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Taken from the UK Parliament website (see related links):
The Government does not resign when Parliament is dissolved; essential business must carry on and government ministers remain in charge of their departments until after the result of the election is known. Only then will the Queen ask the leader of the majority party to form a new administration.
During the period between dissolution and polling day, however, the Government suspends any advertising campaigns and refrains from major policy decisions or announcements. This was known as 'purdah' but is now usually called the pre-election period.
