Structure of Parliament
The three parts of the British Parliament.
What is the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Monarch?
The people who introduce new bills.
Who are government ministers or individual MPs?
The number of MPs in the House of Commons.
What is 650?
The members of the House of Lords.
Who are life peers, bishops, and some hereditary peers?
The number of steps it takes for a bill to become law.
What is 9?
The two historical events that laid the foundation for the UK Parliament.
What are the Magna Carta and the Simon de Montfort's Parliament?
The main role of Parliament.
What is to make laws and hold the government to account?
How the members of the House of Commons are chosen.
What is the election by constituents?
The number of members of the House of Lords.
What is approx. 800?
The step after both Houses agree on a bill.
What is Royal Assent?
The head of state in the United Kingdom.
Who is the monarch?
A geographic area represented by one MP.
What is a constituency?
The current Prime Minister of the UK.
Who is Sir Keir Starmer?
The power of the House of Lords compared to the Commons.
What is the ability to delay legislation but not block it permanently?
The colours of the two papers that are proposed and published.
What are green and white?
The building where the UK Parliament meets.
What is the Palace of Westminster?
The term for MPs who are not government ministers or opposition shadow ministers and sit behind the front benches.
Who are backbenchers?
The color traditionally associated with the House of Commons.
What is green?
A group of senior government ministers chosen by the Prime Minister.
What is the cabinet?
The public and the Houses of Parliament.
Who con discuss proposals for new laws?
The Sovereign is Head of State but the ability to make and pass legislation resides with an elected Parliament.
What is a constitutional monarchy?
The sessions where MPs question the government.
What is Question Time?
The British Prime Minister that was called the "Iron Lady".
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
A senior minister of the House of Lords who, at the State Opening of Parliament, bangs on the door of the chamber three times.
Who is the Black Rod?
The name of the famous clock tower at the Palace of Westmister.
What is the Elizabeth Tower?