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The nrembers of the House of Commons are elected lry a general electionr. The whole country is divided rrrto constituencies2, every one of which chooses one rlclegate. Big cities are divided into several constitutrrcies each. Members of the House of Commons are r,lected for five years. Parliament's main function is to make laws. The grrocedure of making new laws is as follows: a memlrt:r of the House of Commons proposes a bill3, which is discussed by the House. If the bill is approved, it is sent to the House of Lords, which, in case it does rrot like it, has the right to veto it for one year. If the llouse of Commons passes the bill again the followng year, the House of Lords cannot reject it. Finally lre bill is sent to the Queen for the "royal assent"a, rl'ter which it becomes a law.
The nrembers of the House of Commons are elected lry a general electionr. The whole country is divided rrrto constituencies2, every one of which chooses one rlclegate. Big cities are divided into several constitutrrcies each. Members of the House of Commons are r,lected for five years. Parliament's main function is to make laws. The grrocedure of making new laws is as follows: a memlrt:r of the House of Commons proposes a bill3, which is discussed by the House. If the bill is approved, it is sent to the House of Lords, which, in case it does rrot like it, has the right to veto it for one year. If the llouse of Commons passes the bill again the followng year, the House of Lords cannot reject it. Finally lre bill is sent to the Queen for the "royal assent"a, rl'ter which it becomes a law.
The executive branch is headed by the Prime ister, who is appointed by the king (queen)' Ac ing to tradition, the Prime Minister is the leader ItZ pu.tv that has won the elections Td. h*.:l-t,l loriiy in-the House of Commons' The Prime Ministt uppoints the ministers to compose th.e,Sover"*:l After that the newly appointed minigters are serited to the *orr'u""h for the formal bpproval' *.tt important ministers of the government-(abo l*""tvl ^fot* the Cabinetl' Memb"It.of tl:. 9uPio mak" loi"t decisions or advise the Prime Minister' The main function of the executive branch of .tl government is to administer the liws (to see to it,thl Th" h*. are carried out, actually to rule the countryj The iudicial branch interprets the laws' itt. "friett"st judicial body is the Supreme 9""* .luJicatui2, which consists of two divisions: the Hi C."* "f Justices and the Court of Appeala ' It is^ ofl ."iJ tnut English law is superior to the law of other countries. Indeed, the English judicial s """iti". many rules which protect the individual agait ""Ufi*w actions by the police and the government'
