2006-07-12 02:19:51 · 15 answers · asked by Part Time Cynic 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Bcky: did you know the houses of parliament is part of the Palace of Westminster? Gotta live up to their name now don't they?
2006-07-12 13:22:14 · update #1
Bcky: did you know the houses of parliament is part of the Palace of Westminster? Gotta live up to their name now don't they?
2006-07-12 13:22:20 · update #2
A good institution. We have a government with control-freak tendencies, and a large Commons majority, held in check only by the caution of the Lords. Far from being senile old fogies in diapers, the Lords contains some of the country's leading scientists, captains of industry, judges, heads of the armed forces - a wealth of experience with which the Commons cannot compare. More and more MPs spend their whole lives in student politics before working for their party, becoming a researcher and finally an MP, and have no specialised knowledge of anything. The Lords have better informed debates as they do not each feel they have to dabble in every subject. Its recruitment may be dubious in a democratic age, but the Lords is currently one of the best defender of our liberties.
2006-07-19 12:32:09 · answer #1 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good.....in theory. (in the UK)
Hardly any off them turn up when they do not have to. On a regular day up to 5. However, on Wednesday mornings, TV day, it is full. Which gives an impression that they just want to be seen and do not care about things.
Also, have you been round houses of Parliament!?
It is shockingly upmarket. The throne alone would be worth millions, and it costs thousand to keep.
Our NHS is in debt yet they spend the money we could use on better health care on maintenance for a building. Surely if they cared that much they would do it somewhere a little less grand!
Also, the original books which is every word said in the house of lords are worth about twenty thousand each....It pains me...what a waste.
There are starving children etc yet we still "have" to have a gold throne and an elaborate house of Parliament.
Overall, it does give people a more rounded perspective and does sort things out.
It could be better though, a lot better.
2006-07-12 10:04:16 · answer #2 · answered by becky_ms 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given that there has to be a second house to rein in the greater excesses of the House of Commons, where a government has an absolute majority, it is probably as effective as any other upper house.
It is dangerous to have a parliament which is exclusively elected, or exclusively appointed, or exclusively inherited.
The mix in the House of Lords is probably the best that can be devised in the circumstances.
2006-07-21 14:16:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ofcourse, in DEMOCRATIC setting...we need people to but a check on the members of the house of common...., the composition of the house of lords, with its cross benchers gives the upper house the poortunity to srutinize goverment Bill,
2006-07-12 09:26:06 · answer #4 · answered by The general 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shockingly bad. Old boys club for old duffers who dribble and wear nappies and incontinence drawers - eek! Frightening. Get rid of it and let's all save ourselves a bit of tax each year. It's an abomination.
2006-07-12 09:25:09 · answer #5 · answered by trimtautterrific 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good House of Lords
2006-07-23 21:07:04 · answer #6 · answered by Conservative 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
House of Lords is fine.
Focus your attention on the in-bred Royals.
2006-07-12 09:30:51 · answer #7 · answered by Six B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad. A Lot of old men scratching each others back.
No place for it in todays Britian.
2006-07-20 16:33:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good, but it was better before this left wing government started to revolutionise it and fill it with cronies. It wasn't broke so it didn't need fixing.
2006-07-20 13:18:45 · answer #9 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither, as it has its good and bad sides and moments. But it is most certainly an obsolete institution.
2006-07-12 12:25:47 · answer #10 · answered by Magic Gatherer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋