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ParliamentoftheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandHousesofParliamentDoyouknowwhentheparliamentsetup?AAftertheGloriousRevolutionin1688BIn13centuryCWhen<theBillofRights>waspromulgatedin1689Whoarethey?Doyouwanttoknowhowtheybecametheprimeminister?otherquestionsabouttheParliamentstructureandcompositiontitleandwaystobecomemembersintheupperandlowerhousespowerofthemHouseofLordsPersonwhositsintheHouseofLordsshouldbeover21yearsold.Furthermore,onlycitizensoftheUnitedKingdom,?Commonwealth?citizens,andcitizensofIrelandmaysitintheHouseofLords.?MostmembersoftheHouseofLordsareappointed.?ThemembershipoftheHouseofLordsismadeupof?LordsSpiritual?and?LordsTemporal.TheLordsSpiritualare26?bishops?inthe?established?ChurchofEngland.?OftheLordsTemporal,themajorityare?lifepeers?whoareappointedbythe?monarch?ontheadviceofthe?PrimeMinister,orontheadviceofthe?HouseofLordsAppointmentsCommission.However,theyalsoincludesome?hereditarypeers.?Underthe?HouseofLordsAct1999,therighttomembershipwasrestrictedto?92hereditarypeers.Veryfewofthesearefemalesincemosthereditarypeeragescanonlybeinheritedbymen.

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theLordsWhatthelordsdoes?MakinglawsCheckingandchallenginggovernmentMakinglawsBillsstartineithertheHouseofLordsorHouseofCommons.TheygothroughsetstagesofapprovalinbothHousesbeforetheybecomeanActofParliament.However,thepowerofLordsislessthantheCommonsafter1911.Checkingandchallenginggovernment

TheHouseofLordsplaysanimportantroleincheckingandchallengingthedecisionsandactionsofthegovernmentthroughquestionsanddebates.PowerchangeinthehouseofLordsParliamentAct1911removedtheabilityoftheHouseofLordstovetomoneybills,withanyotherbills,theHouseofCommonswasgivenpowerstooverruletheLords'vetoafterthreeparliamentarysessions.ParliamentAct1949amendedthe1911actreducingthetimetheLordscoulddelayabillfromthreesessionstotwo.ThereformeffectGivetheHouseofLordsthepowertodelaylegislationbutnottopreventit.ThetendencyandthefutureTheLordsPowerisweaken,andlessthantheCommons.IthinktheLordswillbeinadilemmainthefuture,anditspowerwillbeweakenagain.

TheBritishparliament:theHouseofCommonssomeintroductiontheHouseofCommonswhichcurrentlyconsistsofabout646MembersofParliamentelectedbythepeopletorepresentthem.MPsrepresentvotersinaparticulararea,knownasaconstituencyorseat.MPsareonlyallowedtositforthelifetimeoftheparliament,thatis,thelengthoftimebetweenGeneralElectionswhenanewsetofMPsiselected.However,MPscanbereelectedalimitlessnumberoftimesandsopopularMPshaveveritable(真正的，名副其实的）careersasparliamentarians.membersinthelowerhouseswaystobecomemembersWaystobecomemembersPeoplewishingtostandasanMP(MembersofParliament)mustbeover18yearsofage,beaBritishcitizenorcitizenofaCommonwealthcountryortheRepublicofIrelandCandidatesmustbenominatedbytenparliamentaryelectorsoftheconstituency（选民）theywishtostandin.Authorisationisrequiredtostandforaspecificparty,otherwisecandidateswillbedescribedasindependentorhavenodescription.Inordertoencourageonlyseriouscandidatestostand,a???¨¬o500depositisrequiredwhensubmittingthenominationpapers-returnedifthecandidatereceivesoverfivepercentofthetotalvotescast.CertainpeoplearedisqualifiedfromstandingasanMP-pleasechecktheElectoralCommissionwebsiteforfurtherdetails..uk/i-am-a/candidate-or-RightsoftheHouseofCommontheHouseofCommonVStheprimeministerAlthoughitdoesnotformallyelecttheprimeminister,thepositionofthepartiesintheHouseofCommonsisofover-ridingimportance.Byconvention,theprimeministerisanswerableto,andmustmaintainthesupportof,theHouseofCommons.Thus,whenevertheofficeofprimeministerfallsvacant,theSovereignappointsthepersonwhohasthesupportoftheHouseorwhoismostlikelytocommandthesupportoftheHouse—normallytheleaderofthelargestpartyintheCommonsofLords.(Theleaderofthesecond-largestpartybecomestheLeaderofHerMajesty'sLoyalOpposition.)Since1963,byconvention,theprimeministerisalwaysamemberoftheHouseofCommons,ratherthantheHouseofLords.TheHouseofCommonVSministersInmoderntimes,thevastmajorityofministersbelongtotheCommonsratherthantheLords.WecanalmostlydrawaconclusionthatthemainpoweroftheparliamentishandledbytheHouseoftheCommon.TheHouseofCommonsVSTheGovernmentTheHouseofCommonsscrutinisesHMGovernmentthrough"QuestionTime",duringwhichmembershavetheopportunitytoaskquestionsoftheprimeministerandofothercabinetministers.Questionsmustrelatetotherespondingminister'sofficialgovernmentactivities,nottohisorheractivitiesasapartylea