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Whether or not Parliament is effective as a government watchdog
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The question of whether or not Parliament is effective as a government watchdog consists of two main issues. The power Parliament has in theory and the power it has in reality. In theory Parliament has the structures to effectively control government but in practice the existence of Parliamentary sovereignty and Royal prerogative as well as other things means that parliament and the Commons in particular can be described as merely a "Talking Shop"i. It is important to know as well what a parliament consists of. Parliament, Britain's legislature is made up of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Queen in her historical constitutional roleii. They meet together only on occasions of symbolic importance such as the State opening of Parliament, when the commons are summoned by the queen to the House of Lords. The agreement of all three elements is normally required for legislation, but that of...
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