GOVT-130 FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Debate Chamber, Parachuting, Palace Of Westminster
28 Mar 2017
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Another specific role of parliament is representing the issues of their constituencies. Some constituents relish the opportunity of having their member as prime minister or in the. An opposition mp generally has more of an opportunity to represent their constituency in public and the majority party does not like mps embarrassing the party in public. They also have more time to be among their constituency in their local office called a surgery. The opposition party is called the backbench. Unlike the us congress, there is no gridlock in the parliament because the majority party leads. Parliament but party arrest grows from the fact that mps fear that they are taking their votes for granted. When blair came into power, a set of rules and regulations were set out. Was made to get the government program through rather than to increase scrutiny. There was an aim to reduce the power of parliament in comparison to the prime minister.
