PEOPLE OF THE

BRITSH
PARLIAMENT

Made by: Tolnai Luca, Völgyesi Patrik

THE MONARCH
• Appoints the Prime minister
• Has no political power
• Has to do what has been voted
• Has prerogative power:
• power to make treaties
• declare war
• award honours
• appoint officers and civil servants
Prime Minister
• Head of the goverment
• Appoints Cabinet members and ministers
• Can abolish or create goverment departments
• Weekly meeting with the king
The House of Lords
• Lords Temporal
• Lords Spiritual
• Life peers
• Less power
• Appointed for life
• Unable to prevent bills passing into laws
• Number of members is not fixed
• Three main roles:
• Making laws
• In-depth consideration of public policies
• Holding government to account
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
• 650 members
• Public elects them
• Predominant
• =Parliament
• Prime Minister is usually from the House of
Commons
• MP’s hold their places until parliament is
dissolved
HONORABLE MENTIONS
• You can find everyone in the
parliament here:
https://members.parliament.uk/
• Press
• Anyone who wants
• Lord Speaker
 THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION

Tolnai Luca, Völgyesi Patrik