Question from January 2003
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Question from January 2003. a) Outline the difference between the composition of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The main difference between the House of Commons and the House of Lords is that the House of Commons consists of MPs, who are elected into the house to represent a constituency. The House of Lords, on the other hand, consists of Lords who are largely appointed by the Prime Minister or the Queen. Lords are entitled to sit in the house for the duration of their life, MPs, however, sit in the House of Commons only whilst they are elected to do so. b) What are the main differences between parliamentary government and presidential government? Parliamentary government differs from presidential government in many ways, the most prominent dissimilarity being that, parliamentary government lacks a clear separation of power, and it has a fused system. Presidential government, on the other hand, has a...

