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It's in Edinburgh

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There are 129 MSPs(member of the Scottish Parliament)

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There are 131 seats in the debating chamber

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They have electronic consoles in the debating chamber for MSPs to vote, when MSPs vote, on the electronic consoles, it will have 3 options: Yes, No or Abstain

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A Local Authority District is a generic term used to cover: London Boroughs. Metropolitan Districts. Unitary Authorities and Non-Metropolitan Districts in England. ... District Council Areas in Northern Ireland. In some areas there is a county councilresponsible for services such as education, waste management and strategic planning within a county, with several non-metropolitan district councils responsible for services such as housing, waste collection and local planning. These councils are elected in separate elections.

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MSPs vote for a person that they want him/her to be their presiding officer. At the moment the presiding officer is Trisha Marwick.

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Anybody at all can go to the parliament to watch meetings

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The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level administrative division of England. There are six metropolitan counties, which each cover large urban areas, typically with populations of 1.2 to 2.8 million. They were created in 1974 and are each divided into several metropolitan districts or boroughs.

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The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland there are only unitary, single tier councils.There are 418 principal (unitary, upper and second tier) councils in the UK – 27 county councils, 201 district councils, and 125 unitary councils.

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Andrea Leadsom

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Anybody at all can make a petition to the Scottish Parliament

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The current monarch and head of state , Queen Elizabeth ll

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A mace is in the debating chamber, it has four words on it: Wisdom, Justice, Compassion and Integrity

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The regional chambers of England were a group of indirectly elected regional bodies that were created by the provisions of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998. There were eight regional chambers, one for each of the regions of England except Greater London, which had opted for an elected mayor and assembly in 1998. All eight regional chambers had adopted the title "regional assembly" or "assembly" as part of their name, though this was not an official status in law. The chambers were abolished over a two-year period between 31 March 2008 and 31 March 2010 and some of their functions were assumed by newly established Local authority leaders' boards.

Greater London has a directly elected London Assembly, which was established by separate legislation and is part of the Greater London Authority.

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Local governments set the overall direction for their municipalities through long-term planning. Examples include council plans, financial plans, municipal strategic statements and other strategic plans. Setting the vision, and then ensuring that it is achieved, is one of the most important roles of local government

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Legislative power is exercised by the Queen-in-Parliament, by and with the advice and consent of Parliament, the House of Lordsand the House of Commons.

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Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U0LhurGWOc
Officially, the full name of the house is: The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled.

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The membership of the House of Lords is drawn from the peerage and is made up of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal.
The Lords Spiritual are 26 bishops in the established Church of England. Of the Lords Temporal, the majority are life peers who are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister, or on the advice of the House of Lords Appointments Commission. However, they also include some hereditary peersincluding four dukes.  While the House of Commons has a defined 650-seat membership, the number of members in the House of Lords is not fixed. There are currently 799 sitting Lords.

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The laws made by local governments are called local laws and cover issues such as the activities permitted on public land, animal management, and use of infrastructure. Localgovernments are also responsible for enforcing local laws and other legislation over which they have authority

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Their original defined role was to channel regional opinions to the business-led regional development agencies. Their role later included scrutinising their regional development agency; integrating policy development and enhancing partnership working at the regional level across the social, economic and environmental policy agenda; as well as carrying out a wide range of advocacy and consultancy roles with UK government bodies and the European Union; but their public profile was low. Each acted as a Regional Planning Body with a duty to formulate a Regional Spatial Strategy including Regional Transport Strategy, replacing the planning function of county councils.

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Irish Assembly Building

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The monarch gives ‘final approval’ to all laws

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The monarchy opens parliament every year

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The Queen's Speech was delivered by the Queen on Wednesday 21st June 2017. Although the Queen reads the speech, it is written by the government. It contains an outline of its policies and proposed legislation for the new parliamentary session. www.parliament.uk/stateopening

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How do local authorities get their money? 

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How do local authorities get their money? 

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Funding from central government. ... A general grant is also paid by central government to local authorities. This is known as the Revenue Support Grant or Formula Grant. Formula Grant is largely funded by local business rates income (which is ultimately collected for central government)

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The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union. Together with the Council of the European Union and the European Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU.

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https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/45/contents

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The Northern Ireland Assembly  is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive. It sits at Parliament Buildings at Stormont in Belfast.

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The Northern Ireland Assembly  is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive. It sits at Parliament Buildings at Stormont in Belfast.

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Lord Speaker

| Norman, Lord Fowler, non-affiliated
Since 1 September 2016
Leader of the House

| Natalie, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park, Conservative
Since 14 July 2016
Leader of the Opposition

| Angela, Baroness Smith of Basildon, Labour
Since 27 May 2015
Third Party Leader

| Richard, Lord Newby, Liberal Democrat
Since 13 September 2016

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A parish is the smallest unit of local government, they are elected cooperate bodies, have variable tax raising powers, and are responsible for areas known as civil parishes. A parish council serving a town may be called a town council and a parish council serving a city may be known as a city council. These bodies have the same powers, duties and status as a parish council.

Parish councils have the power to tax their residents to support their operations and carry out local projects. Parish councils have a duty to provide facilities, such as allotment gardens. Parish councils also have the power to provide facilities including, provision of a village hall, provision and maintenance of recreational grounds, cemeteries and public toilets.

Parish councils must be notified by the district council or county council of all planning applications in their areas, intentions to provide a burial ground in the parish, proposals to carry out sewage works, right of way (bridleway and footpath) surveys.

In some cases parish councils exercise the powers to create a neighbourhood plan, appoint trustees of local charities and to be consulted on the governors of local schools.

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A parish is the smallest unit of local government, they are elected cooperate bodies, have variable tax raising powers, and are responsible for areas known as civil parishes. A parish council serving a town may be called a town council and a parish council serving a city may be known as a city council. These bodies have the same powers, duties and status as a parish council.

Parish councils have the power to tax their residents to support their operations and carry out local projects. Parish councils have a duty to provide facilities, such as allotment gardens. Parish councils also have the power to provide facilities including, provision of a village hall, provision and maintenance of recreational grounds, cemeteries and public toilets.

Parish councils must be notified by the district council or county council of all planning applications in their areas, intentions to provide a burial ground in the parish, proposals to carry out sewage works, right of way (bridleway and footpath) surveys.

In some cases parish councils exercise the powers to create a neighbourhood plan, appoint trustees of local charities and to be consulted on the governors of local schools.

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Brexit: Urgent question granted to Labour as pressure grows for release of full analysis on EU withdrawal

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There are 326 billing authorities in England that collect council tax and business rates:

201 non-metropolitan district councils.

55 unitary authority councils.

36 metropolitan borough councils.

32 London borough councils.

City of London Corporation.

Council of the Isles of Scilly.

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A county council is the elected governing body of an administrative county. County councils were created by the local government act 1888. They are responsible for a number of functions such as education (schools and youth services), social services, highways, fire and rescue services, libraries, waste disposal, consumer services and town and country planning. 

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A county council is the elected governing body of an administrative county. County councils were created by the local government act 1888. They are responsible for a number of functions such as education (schools and youth services), social services, highways, fire and rescue services, libraries, waste disposal, consumer services and town and country planning. 

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The Scottish Parliament & The Scottish Government

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http://www.scottish.parliament.uk - The Scottish Parliament & The Scottish Government An outline of the differences between the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government (Includes British Sign Language,subtitles and voiceover)

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Members sit in the House of Commons to serve as representatives of the people who have elected them to that office. They have wide-ranging responsibilities which include work in the Chamber, committees, their constituencies and political parties.

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The House of Lords is the second chamber of the UK Parliament. It works with the House of Commons to:

make laws

check and challenge the actions of the government, and

provide a forum of independent expertise

The House of Lords Chamber spends about 60% of its time on legislation; the other 40% is spent on scrutiny – questioning Government and debating issues and policy. Committee work takes place outside the Chamber.

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What happens in the House of Lords Chamber each day?

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What happens in the House of Lords Chamber each day?

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Each sitting day the Members of the Lords start by questioning Government Ministers in the Chamber to find out what they are doing, or propose to do, on any subject (Oral Questions).
After Oral Questions, Lords may then examine and improve draft legislation. This may have begun in the House of Commons or the House of Lords. Members may also debate important topics to highlight what the House thinks on an issue, signalling their views to the country and the government.

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The metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986 with most of their functions being devolved to the individual boroughs, making them de facto unitary authorities. The remaining functions were taken over by joint boards.[

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How does the House of Lords relate to Parliament and government?

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How does the House of Lords relate to Parliament and government?

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The House of Lords is often referred to as the 'Upper House' or 'Second Chamber'. Both these terms illustrate that the Lords is one of two parts of the UK Parliament. The political party which wins the most seats/places in a general election forms the Government. The Government runs the country and is formed from the political party that wins most seats in the House of Commons in a general election. The Government formulates policy and introduces legislation in Parliament. Most senior members of the Government are members of the House of Commons but there are ministers, along with two Cabinet members, in the House of Lords. The House of Lords also contains many Members of Parliament who were in previous governments.

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Parliament is an essential part of UK politics. Its main roles are examining and challenging the work of the government, debating and passing all laws and enabling the Government to raise taxes

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Committees

Much of the work of the House of Commons takes place in committees, made up of around 10 to 50 MPs. These committees examine issues in detail, from government policy and proposed new laws, to wider topics like the economy

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When Was the Metropolitan Authority founded?

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When Was the Metropolitan Authority founded?

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Created by the Local Authorities act of 1972 but was founded in 1974

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Greater Manchester-City of Manchester, City of Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan
Merseyside-City of Liverpool, Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral
South Yorkshire-City of Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham
Tyne and Wear-City of Newcastle upon Tyne, City of Sunderland, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside
West Midlands-City of Birmingham, City of Coventry, City of Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall
West Yorkshire-City of Leeds, City of Bradford, City of Wakefield, Calderdale, Kirklees