Are 8850 Form Governing 2016-2023

Health care education the environment international aid crime issues affecting all our lives are shaped and driven by Parliament but how did it all begin what does Parliament do all day and how do you fit in Parliament has evolved throughout its long history to become what it is today changing overtime to meet the needs of the people two key historical events began this process in 1215 King John put his seal on Magna Carta and agreed to a list of 63 rules set out by a group of barons this ensured for the first time that no one not even the king was above the law fifty years later Simon de Montfort the first time invited representatives of the Townsend chosed his 1265 Parliament these events established the foundations for the representative democracy we have today and from this point onwards the power to make decisions for the nation passed over time from the monarch to Parliament let's take a closer look at the UK Parliament today Parliament is made up of three parts the House of Commons the House of Lords and the monarch the House of Commons is the elected chamber of parliament it debates big issues proposes laws amends existing ones and challenges the government's work there are 650 members of parliament or MPs who each represent a constituency in the UK they belong to either a political party or are independent and they're elected by constituents the area they want to represent the leader of the party that has the most MPs elected after a general election becomes the Prime Minister and heads up the government they choose a cabinet made up of 20 senior ministers who coordinate each government departments work the party's not in power are called the opposition MPs from the...