All you know about ZOE KRAVITZ

*       Executive. The Government consists of the ministers appointed by the Crown on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. The Prime minister is appointed directly by the Crown and is the leader of the political party which has a majority of seats in the House of Com­mons. The Prime Minister is the head of the Government, he is al­ways a Member of the House of Commons. He consults and advises the Monarch on government business, supervises and coordinates the work of the various ministers and departments in the House of Commons. He also makes recommendations to the Monarch on many important public appointments.

The most senior members of the Government are known as the Cabinet. The Cabinet is the nucleus of the Government. All major decisions of the Government are made by the Cabinet, and therefore it is the Cabinet which forms Government policy.

Who chooses the Cabinet? Members of the Cabinet are chosen by the Prime Minister. The majority of the members of Mr Blair’s Cabinet are drawn from the House of Commons. Nevertheless there are always a few members from the House of Lords. All the mem­bers of Mr Blair’s Cabinet belong to the Labour Party.

The Labour

Party gained the right to form a Government by winning the general election in May 1997. Mr Blair, the leader of the Labour Party, be­came Prime Minister. He selected a team of Ministers to serve in his Government. A Cabinet must be large enough to include senior mimi­nisters. There is no limit on the size of the Cabinet but the number of salaried Secretaries of state is limited to 21. Cabinet meetings are usually held on a Thursday morning in the Cabinet room at 10 Down­ing Street.

What is the Government? The Government is the management  of  the country. The Government makes the important decisions, e. g. about foreign policy, education, or health, but all these decisions have to be approved by Parliament. If Parliament thinks that a particular Government policy is against the public interest, then it can force the Government to change its mind.

State Organs of the United Kingdom include the monarchy, the legislative, executive and judicial organs of Government.

*       The monarchy is the most ancient institution in the United Kingdom, with a continuous history stretching back over a thousand years. The monarchy is hereditary. Queen Elizabeth II, who succeeded to the throne in 1952, is the head of the judiciary, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of  the Crown and  the temporal head  of the established  Church in England. Her  Majesty’s Government governs in the name of the Queen who must act on the advice of her ministers.

*       Parliament is the legislative organ of the United Kingdom.

What do we mean by Parliament? The Parliament of the United Kingdom consists of the Queen (hereditary monarch), the House of Lords (almost 1300  unelected  members or peers) and the House of Commons (659 elected  Members of Parliament). All three combine   to carry out the work of Parliament.

The House of Lords is still a hereditary body. It consists of the Lords Temporal and the Lords Spiritual. The House of Lords is presided over by the Lord Chancellor who is the chairman of the House.