how does parliament work?

Answer 1

Good grief where on earth did you get the idea that Parliament works.

Answer 2

If you want a serious answer instead of the bulls**t that has thus far been posted here goes:

In the UK there are two chambers of Parliament: the elected House of Commons and the un-elected House of Lords.

Their main function is to scrutinise and debate legislation (Bills) submitted by the Government of the day.

A Bill is debated at what is called Second Reading. If it is passed at this stage it goes to a Standing Committee, which is made up of about 8 representatives of all Political Parties in the House. This Committee scrutinises the Bill line-by-line, and also considers any Amendments that are submitted.

It then returns to the the House for Report Stage, where again Amendments can be tabled, debated and voted on.

Following this a Bill receives a Third Reading, when it is passed to the Queen for Royal Assent and becomes an Act and part of the law of the country.

Parliament also has Select Committees which monitor the work of each Government Department and can call witnesses to help with their work.

Answer 3

Legislation can originate from either the Lords or the Commons. It is voted on in several distinct stages, called readings, in each house. First reading is merely a formality. Second reading is where the bill as a whole is considered. Third reading is detailed consideration of clauses of the bill. In addition to the three readings a bill also goes through a committee stage where it is considered in great detail. Once the bill has been passed by one house it goes to the other and essentially repeats the process. If after the two sets of readings there are disagreements between the versions that the two houses passed it is returned to the first house for consideration of the amendments made by the second. If it passes through the amendment stage Royal Assent is granted and the bill becomes law as an Act of Parliament.
That is not the whole job of Parliament. Its greatest task is to hold the government to account checking on the day to day work of the ministries, this is carried out by back bench MPs on committees. That is also the greatest problem how free is a labour MP to call a labour government to account within a party system.

Answer 4

They arrive at work? sometime during the morning, have a leisurely b/fast. As soon as the bars open they have a swifty and a chat with Charles Kennedy. Then it"s off for lunch. Go back to the office for an afternoon nap. By gum it"s teatime already, off for something else to eat, "I really must loose some weight" A few more drinks, hello Charles is still here. I must remember to vote at 10 o"clock, then it"s off to see my girlfriend [hope the Sun reporter is not about] Almost forgot the most important thing I have to do today, fill out the claim for expenses. Oh dear, it"s a hard life. I hope we don"t have too many votes this week, never mind we go off for 7 weeks holiday soon. He He what a job.

Answer 5

I guess you are talking about UK parliament. To find out who your MP is what he/she is doing [if anything] how much they are paid and any scams they are pulling, visit : -

www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/

In the slot, type your post code. This will then get you the name of your MP.

To find historical as well as modern info on MPs or anyone else in public life, go to : -

www.nncb.com/

Select using their on-board search slot.

For an up to date look at UK politics, visit : -

www.politics.co.uk

For info on your Euro Member of Parliament, MEP, go to : -

www.europarl.europa.eu/members.do?language=EN

For a virtual tour of the Palace of Westminster [parliament]
go to : -

www.explore-parliament.net/

For the UK Office of Public Information [ukgov] go to : -

www.opsi.gov.uk/about/site-index.htm

Answer 6

Work?

Answer 7

Slowly

Answer 8

i don't they do any work at all

Answer 9

i don't know how does parliament work..........

Answer 10

These days ......by bullshit