Презентация на тему The Houses of Parliament in Britain

MPs more important?
4)What about the House of Lords?
5)What's hereditary

peers?

6)Margaret Thatcher

7)The Queen

8)The end!

the Palace of Westminster. It is also called the

Houses of Parliament because there are two Houses: the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

of Parliament, make all the important decisions and work

on bills, which later become new laws. The Prime Minister is in the House of Commons too.

the people in the country. We have to have

a general election at least every 5 years. People vote for an MP, and the party which has the most MPs wins the election and forms the government. Their leader becomes the Prime Minister.

elect. They are hereditary peers.

inherit their places from their fathers and grandfathers. They

are hereditary peers. It is a tradition. In the past there used to be a lot of hereditary peers but it has changed and now most people in the House of Lords are life peers. They get the title “Lord” and “Lady” for their personal achievements, and their children can not inherit it. Some of them are very competent. For example, our famous ex – Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

What’s hereditary peers?

the UK’s most powerful and competent Prime Ministers, from

1979 to 1990. She took her place as Lady Thatcher in the House of Lords in 1992.

and the House of Lords have to approve the

decisions of the House of Commons. Before a bill becomes law the Queen has to say: “ La Reine le veut ” (The Queen wishes it) . The Queen uses Norman French as part of tradition.

THE QUEEN.