What is the House of Commons? Video Lecture | How does UK Parliament's Education Service works? - Personal Learning

too busy bickering on TV to run the
country there's got to be more to the
House of Commons than that right before
the House of Commons or the House of
Lords it was just a king in his barons
the king could call him whenever he
wanted but he didn't count on him
becoming powerful and in 1215 they made
King John steel Magna Carta which forced
him to obey the law and set up an
advisory council of 25 men 50 years
later Simon de Montfort rebelled against
Henry the third hand for the first time
invited representatives of the towns
together with the Knights of the Shires
to his 1265 Parliament these citizens
met separately from the nobility and
evolved to form the House of Commons in
1332 so now there are two houses the
House of Commons and the House of Lords
as the rights of the people increased
the king and nobility became a less
powerful and the balance of power
eventually swung to the Commons in 1512
a huge fire consumed Westminster Palace
Henry the eighth moved down and once
rebuilt he became Parliament's home
Parliament still works from Westminster
today and has three parts the House of
Commons the House of Lords and the
monarchy members of the House of Commons
are elected by you and me every five
years we elect representatives to run
the country on our behalf which means we
run the country
kinder is easy to run as a candidate you
just have to be 18 not in prison and not
alone oh and also you can't be the
monarch ever since Charles the first
burst in on the chamber uninvited no
king or queen has been allowed in
so what does the house actually do all
day
it depicts in Porton issues makes and
reviews our laws represents the public
and holds the government to account
inside the House of Commons through a
two sides on one side the government who
run the country and on the other side
the opposition who keep an eye on what
the governments are doing the chamber
only has 437 seats for over 600 members
so MPs have packing for big debates the
common speaker sits at the head of the
room to maintain order the Prime
Minister leads the government and
appoints ministers to form a cabinet
you'll see them on the front bench it's
a government that introduces most of the
ideas for new laws and changes to old
ones the opposition questions and
challenges the government all MPs split
their time between the House of Commons
and their constituency often MPs have to
figure out what's best for their party
or what's best for the local people who
represent even the ones who didn't vote
for them there are lots of ways the
government is held to account every week
for half an hour the Prime Minister
comes to the House of Commons to answer
questions from MPs it's dramatic it's
heated and it's this that gets the most
viewers tuning in but it's not just the
PM in the hot seat and please get to
question ministers from all government
departments and then the rest elect
committees where MP spend a lot of time
reviewing the policies and spending of
government this is called scrutiny they
speak to experts and the public to
understand how laws affect our everyday
lives this work helps the government
shape their policies also whenever the
government wants to raise taxes the
House of Commons has to agree they
review any proposed bill before they
vote so it's not just a lot of rowdy
bickering they do more than what's shown
on TV debating important issues making
laws holding the government to account
and allowing MPs to represent the public
that's you so what do you think of the
House of Commons now
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