UK Parliament

TO MEET PEOPLE'S NEEDS

1215: King John

Magna Carta

1265: count Simon de Monfort

invited representatives to the towns and shires to his parliament

3 main parts

Tasks

debates big issues

proposes laws

amends existing laws

challenges the government's work

The House of Lords

The House of Commons

The elected chamber in Parliament

2 chambers

Tasks

shares the making and shaping of laws with the House of Commons

800 members/Lords

life peers, hereditary peers, bishops

selected for their knowledge and experience

uses their expertise to look at laws and issues in detail

Monarch (King or Queen)

Tasks

meets the Prime Minister once a week

formally agrees every new law