Parliament and Government

Parliament and Government

Parliament is the toppest legislature in Britain . Members of Parliament(MP) usually hold a meeting at Palace of Westminister , which is a ancient building in London. In addition , Big Ben is also associated with this building. The British government comes from the Parliament and is responsible for it. Parliament consists of two Houses, House of Commons and House of Lords , and they play an essential role in Parliament. The meeting is hold twice a year, the first session is from the end of March to the end of August, the second session is from the end of October to Christmas Day.



The parliament plays an important role in the UK. In the field of scrutiny and legislation.The most essential role of the parliament is examining and challenging the work of the government . The second one is debating and passing all laws.Additonally , parliament also enable the government to raise the taxes.


What is an MP 
A Member of Parliament is called by MP in UK. British citizens who want to be a MP, they should be over 18 years old and never did some illegal affair before. Meanwhile, they also are selected by native citizens. Each constituency chooses an MP to represent them. The MPs have to talk about the views of each area citizens in parliament.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Currently, the Prime Minister of UK is Dacid Cameron, who is the leader of the House of Commons.

 The current Deputy Prime Minister is Nick Clegg, who is responsible for constitutional and political reform. He is a leader of the Liberal Democrats.

Reference

http://www.wisegeek.com/in-britain-what-is-an-mp.htm

http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/
http://www.channels.com/episodes/show/4362981/UKYP-at-the-House-of-Lords-introduction-#/episodes/show/4362981/UKYP-at-the-House-of-Lords-introduction-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom
http://www.parliament.uk/lords