6 - Parliament

Source: Core Text on Constitutional and Administrative Law

Following is the summary of this chapter:

1) House of Commons - (a) Election (b) Franchise (c) Electoral system - first past the post

2) Composition o House of Commons - (a) 3 main parties - Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem (b) Universal adult suffrage (c) Membership by peers (d) Disqualification (e) Resignation

3) Officers of House of Commons - (a) Speaker (b) Father (c0 Life of parliament

4) House of Commons Sitting - (a) Voting (b) Abstaining (c) Pairing

5) The Committee System of the HC

6) House of Lords - (a) Composition - Hereditary peers, life peers, bishops

7) Reform of the House of Lords - See these links 1, 2, and 3

8) Parliamentary privilege