Function and power Commons v Lords

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Representation - HoC

  • More effective

  • MPs represent:

    • Constituents they are elected by

    • Social groups

    • Their party

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Representation - HoL

  • Less effective

    • Appointed, not elected

    • Not very socially represented

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Scrutiny - HoC

  • Less effective

    • Has lots to do beside scrutiny

    • Scrutiny hard as everyone trying to score political points

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Scrutiny - HoL

  • More effective

    • Spends literally all their time scrutinising the HoC

    • No one’s trying to score political points

    • Peers are experts in their field so better at effectively scrutinising legislation

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Leglislation - HoC

  • More effective

    • Can put forward bills

    • Has the final say - if it takes more than a year to go through the HoL, the HoC ends up having the final say

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Leglslation - HoL

  • Less effective

    • Can put forward bills

    • Has limited time to fully scrutinise before ti goes back to the HoC