Difference between parliament and government

           DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PARLIAMENT  

                                   AND

                         GOVERNMENT.

                   Define parliament:
                                          Is made up of Members of Parliament who represent people in their community.The discussion is going to base on the United Kingdom parliament.
           

  United Kingdom parliament consists of :

• House of the Lords
• House of commons (elected)
• Monarchy (Queen)              

 NB:All of the above work on the behalf of citizens of the United Kingdom and performing a variety of duties for the people.  

     

                             (I)  THE ROLES OF HOUSE OF LORDS.

              It used to consist of members of royal family only in the past, but recently changes have been made.It now consists of members of royal family as well as  plutocrats together forming the House of Lords .Their roles in parliament include:

• work together with the house of commons
• They make laws (consist of proposing,revising and amending)
• Maintain checks and balances over the Government
• Specialist committees(deal with issues like investigating work related to European Union,science and technology,economics,constitution and communication)

                   

                                 (II) HOUSE OF COMMONS.

                             These are the elected members of parliament,they have roles both to parliament and their constituency.
                             Role to the parliament
                             I. Drafting laws
                             II. Forming committees
                             III. Participate in debating and suggesting solutions to problems
                            
                             Role to the constituency
                             I. Participating in ceremonial activities in their constituency
                             II. Conducting meetings and listening to issues relating to the community 
                            
                     

                              (III) MONARCHY.

                                      It consist of Queen Elizabeth II, whose main role is to have a final say on bills debated in parliament and passing them as acts of government. However, although the Queen is the head of state the day today running of the country is left to the Prime Minister who is currently David Cameron of the Conservative Party.
                      

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                         GOVERNMENT

                DEFINITION;
                Is a political party with the biggest number of members in the parliament.
           
David Cameron is the head of the UK government. He is also the leader of the Conservative Party. As a result of the 2010 elections, the Conservative party formed a coalition

government with the Liberal Democrats Party led by Nick Clegg. Both leaders are responsible for selecting Ministers and Peers to make up the coalition government. The 

government has various departments each responsible for a different areas of life. For example defense, agriculture, education, employment just to name a few. In addition the Prime Minister is responsible for overseeing the operation of the service departments and agencies as well as appointing members of the government as he sees fit. The 

government remains accountable to the House of Parliament as they debate issues relating to how the government is performing.

         REFERENCES

   1.) UK parliament (2013) role of house of common. Available at :
                    http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/
                      (Accessed: 5 November 2013).

 2.)  UK parliament (2013) what individual lords do. Available at :
                      http://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/about-lords/lords/
                      (Accessed: 5 November 2013).