One day there was a really famous visitor at school. The queen, the
queen of Britain. Queen Elizabeth II. The day started with practicing to the
royal visit. We made a lot of food, local of course, and learned songs and
other things to present for the queen. Some of the pupils trained on meeting
the queen, they were so lucky that they were going to talk to her royal
highness. When the clock passed twelve the school bell rung and everybody run
into their classroom. I was so interested that I watched out of the window all
the time, and then I saw her. There were a lot of police cars, and this big
black car in the middle of them. The car drove up to the main entrance and then
someone walked out, I wasn’t able to se who it was, but I think it was the
queen.
Everybody in school gathered in the assembly
hall. We all rose up and started to sing a song for her majesty when she
entered the room. How cool wasn’t that to have the head of the state at the
school. She is really powerful - she can dissolve the Parliament, appoint
government ministers, judges and officers, confer peerages and knighthoods, remit
sentences to convicted criminals and declare war or make peace.
The queen is the head of state. The government governs in the name of the Queen. The majority party forms a government, but the Queen “chooses” the government as in Norway. The ministers in the government are members from the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Today the government consists of one Prime Minister, 21 Cabinet ministers and 99 other ministers. Together it makes 121 ministers in the government. The Cabinet consists of the senior members of the government. Every Tuesday, members of the Cabinet gather and discuss the most important questions for the government.
The Parliament
is the seat of democracy in Britain. The parliament’s
job is to pass laws, raise enough money through taxation, to examine government
policy and administration and discuss important political issues. The Parliament
in England consists of two Houses; The House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Both of them are making laws, and they are checking the work of the government.
In the House of Commons the members are elected by the people. There are 650 members in the House of Commons which mean that there are 650 constituencies in the U.K. Every constituency has a member in the House of Commons. Normally this member comes from one of the three largest parties in the U.K; The Conservative Party, the Labour Party and the Liberal Party. In England there are 533 constituencies, there are 40 in Wales, 59 in Scotland and 18 in Northern Ireland. Together this is 650 members; all the members in The House of Commons. The only problem is that in the Commons debating chamber there are only seats for 370 members. Every day begins with the Question Time where the MPs (members of the parliament) can ask questions to the ministers. The Commons has a meeting every weekday afternoon.
The House of Lords is not democratic. In the House of Lords there are 1197 members. The members in the House of Lords have got there seat because of their position in the country. The House of Lord’s job is quite similar to the House of Commons. Daily around 300 members meet in the House of Lords.
In the House of Commons the members are elected by the people. There are 650 members in the House of Commons which mean that there are 650 constituencies in the U.K. Every constituency has a member in the House of Commons. Normally this member comes from one of the three largest parties in the U.K; The Conservative Party, the Labour Party and the Liberal Party. In England there are 533 constituencies, there are 40 in Wales, 59 in Scotland and 18 in Northern Ireland. Together this is 650 members; all the members in The House of Commons. The only problem is that in the Commons debating chamber there are only seats for 370 members. Every day begins with the Question Time where the MPs (members of the parliament) can ask questions to the ministers. The Commons has a meeting every weekday afternoon.
The House of Lords is not democratic. In the House of Lords there are 1197 members. The members in the House of Lords have got there seat because of their position in the country. The House of Lord’s job is quite similar to the House of Commons. Daily around 300 members meet in the House of Lords.
-Marius
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