Citizenship Theme B

makes judgement about law, it is made up of the judges and magistrates in courts

• the bureaucracy

• the judiciary

• the legislature

• the executive

a form of PR in which a party puts forward a list of candidates in the order they will be elected

• coalition

• assembly

• closed-list system

• bill

form of democracy in which people elect a representative to make decisions for them

• representative democracy

• judicial review

• direct democracy

• the legislature

the person who has ceremonial duties in the Palaces of Westminister, including bringing MPs to the House of Lords for the state opening of parliament

• Bi-cameral

• Speaker

• Front Benchers

• Black Rod

an enquiry set up to investigate actions taken by government departments and public bodies

• Government revenue

• Parliamentary sovereignty

• Parliamentary inquiry

• General election

an electoral system where voters have one vote in their constituency and the candidate with most votes wins

• proportional representation

• general election

• house of commons

• first past the post

A group of MPs who head major govt departments, it meets weekly to make decisions bout how the govt policy will be carried out, senior ministers from the Lords are also represented

• Senate

• Coalition

• House Of Commons

• Cabinet

MPs who hold office on the govt or opposition. They sit on the front benches in the house of commons

• assembly

• back benchers

• front benchers

• black rod

A law passed by parliament

• Minister of State

• Act of Parliament

• Secretary of State

• House of Commons

Definition: a proposal to change something into law

• referendum

• mep

• bill

• cabinet