1. Government
British Culture
Hour: M3
Adriana Zúñiga Gutiérrez
Alejandro Martínez García
Adrian Vega Magaña

2. What is Parliament?
Parliament is where politicians (MPs) meet to decide
laws and make decisions for the United Kingdom. It is
not the same as the Government (which runs the
country). One of the jobs Parliament does is to check
that the Government is running the country properly.
Parliament is made up of three parts:
The Queen
The House of Lords
The House of Commons

3. Unlike the US, British voters do not choose their
Prime Minister (PM). He/she is voted for within
their political party.

4. The leader of the party in power becomes the
Prime Minister.
The leader of the political party with the most
MPs in the House of Commons is asked by the
Queen to become Prime Minister and to form
a government that will manage the country.

5. The House of Commons
The House of Commons has 659 members who
have been elected by local residents to
represent an area of the country in Parliament.
The members are called MPs (Members of
Parliament).
The Commons is the most important place for
discussing policies and making laws.

6. The House of Lords
The House of Lords is made up of people who
have inherited family titles and those who
have been given titles because of their
outstanding work in one field or another. There
are 675 members of the Lords.
The main job of the House of Lords is to 'double
check' new laws to make sure they are fair
and will work.

7. The main Political Parties
There are three major political parties, in the House of
Commons:
Labour: The Labour Party believes that political action is
central to the achievement of a fair society.
Conservative: guide, inspire and co-ordinate the work of the
party throughout the country, to advise and assist
Associations and to provide such services.
Liberal Democrats:
Has responsibilities for the organization of local parties,
resolution of disputes between regional parties, selection of
English representatives to federal bodies and establishing
the rules for selection of party candidates.

8. The reason because british people think
those things are important
 The Parliament is the equivalent to congress. It is
the main democratic system in the average
democratic government. So it’s important to the
British people because the parliament are the
ones that make the laws and all the political
decisions, also the parliament can limit the
power of the monarch, so the Queen doesn’t
become a tyrant.

9.  The British citizens know that the Prime Minister is
very important because he is a Member of the
Parliament and head of the government. He is
responsible for choosing the other members of
the government. He answers questions every
Wednesday in the House of Commons, and the
questions can come from any member of the
parliament and on any subject.

10.  The British people usually prefer the House of
Commons, because in there are the elected
Members of the Parliament, so it's more
legitimate. The House of Lords is made up of
people who have inherited family titles, also
simply amends and delays legislation.

11. •Our opinion its about the power of the queen, that if
she doesn’t’ decide about making the law, and
eighter applying for real life (I mean taking part of the
law) she can spend the money of the country.
However, she wasn’t choose by the people, but she
was prepared for do what she does with education.