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Nguyn Th Hoa- General of Parliament

Nguyn Th Tuyt Trinh- Legislature

Nguyn Th Thy- Executive

Trnh Th Trm- Judiciary

Nguyn Th Thy- Elections & Parties

Topic : British Institutions

Main characteristic: unwritten constitution

Based on: statutes and important documents

2 main principles: nobody can declare the activities of Parliament and Parliament can in theory do whatever it wishes.

Legislature

House of Parliament

(Palace of Westminster)

Parliament have 3 separate elements : The Sovereign, House of Commons, House of Lords.

Nowadays, the Queens role is now on formal and the House of Commons has gained supremacy over the House of Lords.

House of Commons

House of Commons Chambers

There are 650 members called MPs

They are elected by the British people

Each MPs has 1 legislative period 5 years.

House of Lords

House of Lords Chambers

There are about 760 members called Peers

They are archbishops, bishops and hereditary who inherit their seats from their father

People with different experiences dont have certain period

Comparison

House of Commons

House of Lords

House of Commons is mainly legislature, is the highest power

The main functions are :

-Through legislation, guidelines and policies on the economy social.

- Responsible for activities of internal and external

- Monitoring the activities of government

The role of house of Lord is limited, just can only delay a Bill from becoming law for a maximum of 12 months.

Lord president can appoint judges and also is Supreme Court chief justice

In practice , they only play a complementary role, advising the House of commons and non-opposition.

Speaker of house commons

John Bercow

(June 2009)

Responsible:

- The Speaker is the chief officer and highest authority of House of Commons and must remain politically impartial all times.

- Also represents the Commons to the monarch, the Lords and other authorities and chairs the House of commons commission

The Lord Speaker

Baroness D'Souza

Responsible : chair any debate , giving advice, must be responsible for security of Lord, speaking in special occasion

Baroness D'Souza is the second Lord Speaker elected on 1 September 2011 by Lords members.

THE EXECUTIVE

Executive body: Prime Minister , Cabinet & Privy Council

Dealing with regularnational and international affair

Making decisions of new policies

Supervising departments of the government

The current PM: David Cameron (1966)

.Title: The Right Honourable

On 11 May 2010 ( at 39)

Appointed by: HM Queen Elizabeth II

Office: 10 Dowing London street

Tenure: depend on Queen decision

Leader of the conservative party

Salary: 142,200 annual

Upon etiement, Most PM are awarded a peerage and a seat in the House of Lord

The Prime Minister

Queen , Prime Minister & Cabinet Ministers

Responsibility of the PM

Appoints members of cabinet & ministers

Call ministers for regular meetings to discuss policies

Oversees the operation of the civil service & Government agencies

Be responsible for failure when one policy is carried out

Weekly appears before the House of commons answering questions

Meet the Queen once a week to inform about political and other issues

Membersof Cabinet

CABINET

CABINET

Are selected from the elected members of House of Commons, House of Lords and by Prime Minister

Includes: Ministers, Non-departmental ministers

Functions of Cabinet

It balances ministers individual duties with their collective responsibility as members of the Government and take the final decisions on all government policy

Cabinet Committees include those dealing with defense and overseas policy, economy policy, home and social affairs , the environment and local government

The Shadow cabinet

TheShadow Cabinetis a feature of theWestminster system of government.

Responsibility:pass criticism on the current government and its respective legislation, as well as offering alternative policies

The Privy Council

Consists of 450 members

Functions: - advise the Monarch

-arrange for the formal handling of documents

The council constitutes of many committees, each has a specific task.

The British Judiciary

The legal system

CRIMINAL

Magistrates Court

Crown Court

Court of appeal

SUPPER

COURT

CIVIL

Country Court

High Court of Justice

Court of appeal

Kind of courts

Civil law

Criminal law

Members of judiciary

Magistrate

Justice

Court of appeal

General elections

Are held at least every five years in the uk

England has not national assembly

A voter : must be a British citizen, a citizen of another Commonwealth country on the Irish Republic, aged 18 or over

A candidate: Anyone over 21 who entitled to vote (except for civil sevants, felons & bankrupts can stand )

ELECTIONS

Ways to voting in an election

Polling station

By post

By proxy

Polling stationopen : 7 a.m - 10 p.m

By post

Anyone aged over 18

Incase you cant get to a polling station

Dont need provide a reason

Need fill in form

By proxy

Anyone aged over 18

Incase you fall ill re you are abroad

Need to provide a reason

Elections in Vietnam

Vietnam has national assembly

Two way to vote :

- Polling station

- By proxy

British political parties

Conservatives party

Was formed by Robert Pell

Date back to the 18th century

Mainly supported by wealthier people

Has lost its popularity since the 1980s

Labour party

Was form by Jame Keir Harie

Roots in the 19th century

Supported by less wealthy group of society

Achievement of well being and opportunity for all members

Public ownership of major industries

Economic planning

In addition , the Green Party has begin to threaten left-of-the centre Liberal Democrats as the nations third party

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