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Assess The Arguments In Favour Of Parliament In The Uk
‘In the United Kingdom Parliament is supreme in all legislative matters; a written constitution could never be introduced because it would always be subject to express or implied amendment or repeal’

‘Parliament is the only body which can make laws in the United Kingdom (UK), and is therefore sovereign. No other authority can over-rule or change the laws which parliament has made. Political commentators often say that parliament can do "what the hell it likes" in terms of law making. This by and large means that the government of the day can pass legislation easily through parliament as long it has a strong, supportive majority in the House of Commons.’ So if, for example, Parliament had passed a law stating that all newborn boys had to be killed, or that all dog owners had to keep a cat as well, there might well be an enormous public outcry, but the law would still be valid and the court would, in theory at least, be obliged to uphold them. The reasoning behind this is that the Parliament, unlike the judiciary, is democratically elected, and therefore ought to have the upper hand when making the laws that every citizen has to live by.
‘The United Kingdom does not have a codified (written) constitution, unlike France or the United States, and this has a …show more content…
The Preamble to the Parliament Act 1911 removed the House of Lord’s power to veto legislation passed by the House of Commons, and since thereafter there has been no constitutional mechanism by which the House of Common’s supremacy can be
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