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"Parliament now legitimates rather than legislates." With reference to the role and functions of Westminster, discuss this contention citing examples to justify your arguments.
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"Parliament now legitimates rather than legislates." With reference to the role and functions of Westminster, discuss this contention citing examples to justify your arguments. What steps might be proposed to remedy the situation and comment on their likely impact? Parliament is the legislative section of the British political system. It is an asymmetric bicameralist system (consisting of two unequal parts), the House of Commons and the House of Lords, of which the Commons is the most dominant. The House of Commons holds five fundamental roles; representation, legislation, scrutiny and influence of the executive, debate of contemporary issues, and recruitment to government. The House of Lords holds two extra roles as the highest court in the land and constitutional safeguards. (Coxall and Robins, pp204-211; Jones, pp324-333). As can be seen, policy making is not one of Parliaments roles. Parliaments role is more of a check on government actions and policy, it keeps...
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