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LECTURE 3 ‘THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IN THE UK ~ the U.K. a constitutional monarchy = monarch a king/queen) = Head of State = monarch reigns - support of Parliament - lite power + Parliament: House of Commons & Fiouse of Lords + Parliament & monareh - different roles in government = They mect on symbotie occasions (coronation ofa new monarch; opening of Parliament) the House of Commons - the only one with tie power = House of Commons - new bill are intzoduced & debated + majority ofthe members »in favour ofa bill - the House of Lords - monarch to he signed = bill—law ~ _abill must be supported by all three bodies the House of Lords - limited powers royal assent The House of Commons & the Electoral Syste + House of Commons - 650 elected members= MPs + each MP represen an area (or constitueney) of UK + MPs.~ elected at a general election or at a by-election

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