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Describe And Explain The Roles And Responsibilities Of Different Levels Of Government

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This report will outline, describe and explain the roles and responsibilities of different levels of Government.

1. Roles and responsibilities of the Monarchy: (P1 & M1)

The current Monarch is Queen Elizabeth 11, She is the longest reining Monarch of 63 years. The Monarch is the Head of State and Head of the Common Wealth. The main role of the Queen is to pass legislations, which have to go through a process, called royal assent. The royal assent is processed once a legislation/bill has been completed through all of the parliamentary stages in both House of Commons and House of Lords; the royal assent means that the Queen formally agrees to make the legislation/bill into an act of Parliament. The Queen has to have weekly meetings with the Prime minister in which she has the right and duty to discus and express her views on all the current Government matters. The communications between the Queen and Prime Minister are to be remained strictly confidential and once the Queen has expressed her views, she will abides by the advice of her …show more content…

The House of Lords is currently made up of 790 Members who are eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords, the Members of the House of Lords are appointed by the Queen given by the advice of the Prime Minister, however some of the non-party-political members are recommended by an independent body which the House of Lords appoints commission. The House of Lords shares the task with House of Commons of making and shaping new laws and then checking and challenging the work of the Government. The Members of the House of Lords spend more than half of their time in the House considering draft laws, whilst the draft is going through both stages of each House, the House of Lords examines each bill before it can become an Act of Parliament (law). The House of Lords also has 2 members of the

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