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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 is the government of the UK and Ireland?
The government of the United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland but not the Republic if Ireland) is a Parliamentary Democracy situated in Westminster, London. However, the regions of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, have their own devolved governments in Edinburgh, Wales and Belfast respectively. They are able to legislate on most things except monetary, foreign and military policy. Currently, (April 2014) it is a coalition of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats.
In Ireland the government is also a parliamentary democracy based in Leinster House in Dublin. The main chamber is referred to as Dáil Éireann and the upper house is the Seanad. The head of government's official title is the Taoiseach. Ireland has a president as head of state, but the president is not involved directly in the government. Currently (April 2014) the government is a coalition of Fine Gael and the Labour party.
Who chooses the members of the House of Lords in the UK?
The British Prime Minister selects people to sit in the House of Lords. He presents the list to the monarch, currently the Queen, who will officially appoint them a Lord.
Does the British Prime Minister have to be British?
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom must simply be an elected Member of Parliament. Part of the qualifications required for election is that the candidate must be either a British citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or of a Commonwealth country.
So a British Prime Minister doesn't necessarily have to be British.
See links below for further information on the election of MPs and the appointment of the Prime Minister.
What is the body of laws passed by parliament?
The body of laws passed by parliament are referred to as Acts of parliament. Such laws have to be assented by the president before they take effect.
What is meant by the British commonwealth?
The 50 plus countries that were originally part of the British Empire, started to become independent from the late 1940's onwards and then became known as the British Commonwealth. That term is now obsolete and they are now known as the Commonwealth of Nations.
How does a bill become a law in the United Kingdom?
If a Bill is passed by the House of Commons, it has to go on to be approved by the House of Lords. Only if it is passed by the Lords can it go on to become law. However, the Commons does have a 'nuclear option' called the Parliament Act, which it can invoke to override the Lords and make the Bill a Law anyway in exceptional or extreme circumstances. However, it is extremely rare for this to be used.
What is the English representative body callled?
England has a number of representative bodies as a constituent country of the United Kingdom, but unlike Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland does not have any country-level representative bodies of its own.
England elects 533 of the 650 members of the House of Commons - giving it 416 more Members of Parliament (legislators) than the rest of the UK combined. English MPs tend to dominate the indirectly elected UK Government, especially right-wing governments, with 340 of 363 Government MPs elected at the 2010 election representing English constituencies, as opposed to 193 of the 287 mostly left-wing opposition MPs. These 533 MPs are England's senior most-representatives, and they can serve for up to 5 years before being up for election (all MPs are elected simultaneously when Parliament is dissolved by the Queen, unless a vacancy arises prompting a by-election/special election).
English Peers (Lords) also make up the majority of members of the House of Lords. However, as this body is appointed and not elected, it is generally not considered to be representative.
Below the Union-level, England is divided into nine regions, one of which - Greater London - has its own consultative legislative (the London Assembly) with minor powers.
For most English people however, their main representative bodies are local authorities, who are responsibly mostly for distributing local budgets, managing public services and passing very limited legislation (e.g. litter or traffic regulations) - they are usually called local or city councils, after their directly-elected decision-making body. The council system is uneven across the country; some regions have two tiers of local government (county and district councils) with differing responsibilities (except in 5 of 6 metropolitan areas, where 26 district councils perform the work of county councils without being unitary authorities) whilst some have just one (unitary authorities). There are 28 County Councils, or equivalent bodies, and 237 District Councils across England, plus 55 unitary authorities that perform the duties of both. London has a slightly different system, but effectively has 32 district councils plus the City of London, which is a unique 33rd unit. England thus has a total of 353 representative bodies, almost all of which are directly elected - some areas (around a third of England) also have parish councils which usually have very small geographic areas of responsibility, and provide a limited range of public services. There are over 8,000 of these councils, and they are not usually included in local government numbers or statistics - many seats on them are elected without contest. There are 19,395 county, district and unitary councillors across England.
How does a ''Lord'' get to be a lord?
One of the most popular passages in the Bible is Nehemiah 8:10: "Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength."
Why is joy important? Because the "joy of the Lord is your strength!" Joy produces strength. And strength is needed to fight. You are called to "fight the good fight of faith" (1 Timothy 6:12). I sense in my spirit that many people in the body of Christ are tired of fighting the good fight of faith. They are struggling to fight because they have lost their joy
Which countries have no extradition treaties with England?
The following countries do not have extradition treaties with the United Kingdom:
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Abkhazia
Afghanistan
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Australia
Azerbaijan
B
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Botswana
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
C
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
China (PRC) People's Republic of China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo Republic of the Congo
Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
C te d'Ivoire C te d'Ivoire - Republic of C te
Croatia
Cyprus
Cyprus Northern
Czech Republic
D
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
E
East Timor
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
F
Faroe
Fiji
G
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guam
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
H
Honduras
I
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland Republic of Ireland
J
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Jordan
K
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea - North
Korea - South
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
L
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
M
Macau
Macedonia Republic of Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Moldova Republic of Moldova
Mongolia
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
N
Nagorno-Karabakh
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
O
Oman
P
Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian territories
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Q
Qatar
R
Russia
Rwanda
S
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint
Kitts and Nevis (federal state, Commonwealth Realm)
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
S o Tom and Pr ncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Somaliland Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland (de facto independent
state inside Somalia)
South Ossetia South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia (de facto
independent state inside Georgia)
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Norway Svalbard (overseas territory of Norway recognized by international treaty)
Swaziland
Syria
T
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Timor East
Togo
Tokelau
Transnistria
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
U
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab
Uzbekistan
V
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
W
Western Sahara Western
Y
Yemen
Z
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Who was the first president of Great Britain?
There are no presidents in Great Britain, but there are Prime Ministers. The first Prime Minister was Sir Robert Walpole in 1721.
Who is the current president or Prime Minister of Great Britian?
The current British Prime Minister is David Cameron. Britain does not have a president. The Prime Minister is the head of government and the monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II, is the head of state.
What is the lower Houses of parliament called in United Kingdom?
The English Parliament is considered bicameral, meaning that it operates with two distinct legislative branches called "houses. The lower house is the House of Commons, which consists of 650 elected members.
Who was the deputy prime minister of UK in 2006?
Tony Blair was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2006.
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 May 2 to 2007 June 27. He became the leader of the Labour Party on 1994 July 21, and served as Leader of the Opposition until he became prime minister. Blair led the party away from traditional socialism, towards a 'new capitalism'. Blair resigned in 2007 due to low approval ratings, in part due to the Iraq War and resulting terrorist attacks on London.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland contains England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which each have First Ministers, excepting England.
How is a parliamentary system organized?
Parliament is organized by MP'S, Lords, and oh i don't know any more
Who was the british prime minister from 1869 to 1877?
At the beginning of the year it was Robert Peel, who was only in office for 4 months until his resignation on 8th April due to being unable to form a Government (however, he went on to become a succesful Prime Minister in the first half of the 1840's).
He was succeeded by William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, on 18th April. Lamb was in power until 1841 and oversaw the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, an agreement with various New Zealand maori chiefs which paved the way to New Zealand becoming part of the British Empire.
What is the role of the UK Supreme court?
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary system of England and Wales.
What is the role of the President in Great Britain?
Executive power in the United Kingdom is exercised by the Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, via Her Majesty's Government and the devolved national authorities - the Scottish Government, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Northern Ireland Executive.
Can the house of lords block laws made by the house of commons?
Theoretically, yes.
But it can only send a bill back the House of Commons a set number of times and it must then accept it.
What rights were granted to English citizens in the English bill of rights?
The Bill of Rights[1] or the Bill of Rights 1688[2] is an Act of the Parliament of England passed on 16 December 1689.[3] It was a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary in March 1689 (or 1688 by Old Style dating), inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England. It lays down limits on the powers of sovereign and sets out the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in Parliament, the requirement to regular elections to Parliament and the right to petition the monarch without fear of retribution. It reestablished the liberty of Protestants to have arms for their defence within the rule of law, and condemned James II of England for "causing several good subjects being Protestants to be disarmed at the same time when papists were both armed and employed contrary to law".
These ideas about rights reflected those of the political thinker John Locke and they quickly became popular in England. It also sets out-or, in the view of its drafters, restates-certain constitutional requirements of the Crown to seek the consent of the people, as represented in Parliament.
Along with the Act of Settlement (1700 or 1701), the Bill of Rights is still in effect. It is one of the main constitutional laws governing the succession to the throne of the United Kingdom and-following British colonialism, the resultant doctrine of reception, and independence-to the thrones of those other Commonwealth realms, by willing deference to the Act as a British statute or as a patriated part of the particular realm's constitution.[4] Since the implementation of the Statute of Westminster 1931 in each of the Commonwealth realms (on successive dates from 1931 onwards) the Bill of Rights cannot be altered in any realm except by that realm's own parliament, and then, by convention, and as it touches on the succession to the shared throne, only with the consent of all the other realms.[5]
In the United Kingdom, the Bill of Rights is further accompanied by the Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, Habeas Corpus Act 1679 and Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 as some of the basic documents of the uncodified British constitution.[6] A separate but similar document, the Claim of Right Act, applies in Scotland. The Bill of Rights (1688 or 1689) was one of the inspirations for the United States Bill of Rights.[7]
How many houses of Parliament are there in NSW?
There are 2 houses of parliament. The Senate and house of reps.
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The head of government of the United Kingdom is the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, leader of the Labour Party. (November 2009)
This may change at the next General Election.
The Head of State is HM Queen Elizabeth II, but she has few effective powers left under the constititional monarchy of the United Kingdom.
(England is part of the United Kingdom.)
Who was the first woman to be elected prime minister in Great Britain?
In Canada, the first female Prime Minister was elected in 1993.
What are the responsibilities of different levels of government in the UK?
Central Government
Multi-Regional Government
Regional Government
Local Government
