The System of Government
Sovereign The Queen is head of government, she makes laws with Parliament and she is head of the courts GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENT
Cabinet House of Lords House of Commons
Chairman: Prime Minister Chairman: Lord Chancellor Chairman: Speaker Ministers Treasury Lords Temporal MP’s (650 MP’s) Foreign Office Spiritual (26 bishops) Home Office Law Lords (20 Lords) Ex. 7. Make up 7 sentences and try to say each of them by heart:
Ex. 8. Answer the questions: 1. Which of these people are elected: a peer, an MP, a civil servant, the Prime Minister? 2. What is the difference between life peers and hereditary peers, Lords Temporal and Lords Spiritual? 3. What are civil servants? 4. Which areas of government do these people deal with: the Lord Chancellor, the Home Secretary, the Law Lord? 5. What differences are there between Parliament and the Government?
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