The majority of new laws or changes to existing laws come from government but the can also come from MP’s, Lords or even a member of the public. E.g. ‘Sarah’s Law’. Both the House of Commons and House of Lords must debate and vote on the proposals. 2.
Implement the policy 5. Determine the impact of the policy 6. Revise the policy (4 points) 2. Who makes governmental policy? Name several institutions and officials. Answer: Leaders and lawmakers make governmental policies, the officials that were elected and appointed, judges, and advisers that are selected help shape policy at all levels of government.
County and Metropolitan councils are responsible for services across the whole of a county or city, like education, transport services, planning, fire and public safety, social care, libraries, waste management and trading standards for their area. Parish (Borough) councils cover a smaller area, often a town or rural area, and are usually responsible for services such as rubbish collection and recycling, council tax collection, leisure services and housing. Unitary authorities are councils that provide one tier of local government and provide all services. Confusingly these can also be called city councils or borough councils or just councils! Overview of most Local Government responsibilities: * Education * Transport * Planning- land, housing, commercial building projects * Fire and public safety, social care, libraries, waste management and trading standards * Rubbish collection * Recycling * Council tax collection * Leisure services * Housing * Local policing * Local fire-fighting services * Street cleaning and street lighting These Local Governments are elected and can help on a
The Commons Select Committees are generally responsible for overseeing the work of government departments and agencies, whereas those of the Lords look at general issues, such as the constitution or the economy. Both Houses have their own Committees to review drafts of European Union directives. Rarely, there are also select committees of the Commons. Their role is to carry out detailed analysis of individual Bills. Most Bills since 2006-07are referred to public bill committees.
Official statistics can be produced as a by-product of the normal workings of a government department. However they can also result from research designed specifically to produce them. The two main sources of official statistics are the government and its departments, and surveys. For example, government departments such as the Home Office and Education and Skills request; process and then publish information from organisations such as local tax offices, social services
You must cover communication that is verbal, written, on screen, multimedia and web based. Decide on the stakeholders it applies to and the purpose of the communication. Business Communications - Homework Task There are various types of information that are both used by and created by organisations all of which have their own purpose such as informing employees of internal activities or stakeholders of developments within the organisation. You have been placed in charge of improving communication of a large company in the city of London and have been asked to study a competitor in order to facilitate this. Using one of the companies from the list below think about the types of information that they produce why they may produce it and where they will get the information from.
What are the sources of the UK constitution? There are five principal sources of the British constitution: Statute Law, Common Law, Conventions, Authoritative Works and European law. Statute Law is created by parliament. In the legislative process, Acts of Parliament have to be approached by the House of Commons, The House of Lords and the monarch before they are placed on the statute book. They are then implemented by the executive and enforced by the courts.
To answer this question one has to first describe and provide reasons for the rules which govern the legislative powers of the House of Lords in comparison to those of the House of Commons. To properly appreciate the rules one should determine the composition of the people who are subject to the rules first. Each member of the House of Commons represents a constituent of the UK and is voted for by that constituent, voting takes place once every term of parliament. Members of the House of Lords are selected not on a voting basis and are chosen from one of the two following methods. Hereditary members are those who inherit their status as from their family, non-hereditary members are chosen by the prime minister in recognition to their expertise to become life peers.
A Prime Minister is entitled to personally chair cabinet meetings, control the appointment of ministers to cabinet and even control both the agenda and the minutes of a meeting. The ability to appoint ministers gives the Prime Minister a certain amount of power in
Primarily, the court systems of the two countries are grouped into several different levels of adjudication from the central to local levels. Secondary, both court system has two levels of adjudication is the first instance and appellate cases are divided into criminal and civil cases. Furthermore, both of the court system applies the appointment to judges. However, the populations of the systems differ greatly in the independence and operating principles of the courts and there is an important difference in their composition. Firstly, in the United Kingdom, parliament is the legislative body is also the highest authority in the court system of the United Kingdom, senate performing the trial through the appellate committee of the senate, parliament became the final level trial for all criminal and civil in the UK whereas in Vietnam, state power is unified, with the assignment and coordination among state agencies in the implementation of legislative, executive and judiciary.