The House of Commons Is Just a "Rubber Stamp" for Government Legislation

“The House of Commons is just a ‘rubber stamp’ for government legislation” Discuss the validity of this statement

Firstly, you need to be able to differentiate between the House of Commons and the government, what is the role of the House of Commons and the government? What function do they have? Well, I’ll explain. The House of Commons is the lower house in UK parliament, even though it is the lower house it is the most powerful of both houses, the other being the House of Lords. The commons is the most important place for discussing policies and making laws. The passage of legislation is the Common’s primary function; majority of legislation is initiated by the government with 95% of all legislation proposed by the government becoming law. The House of Commons is comprised of 650 MPs who are all democratically elected as oppose to the House of Lords.

The government is different from the Commons. The government is the party that gained the majority of votes in the general Election; the government (governing party) resides in the House of Commons with the other parties in parliament. The government’s function is to achieve the aims they had on their manifesto, govern the country by passing legislation. The government will dominate the House of Commons because of the first past the post electoral system, the executive has an inbuilt majority in the House of Commons.

The two key powers of parliament are clearly exercised excessively by the commons regarding any legislation. One of these powers is parliamentary sovereignty (supreme authority) is the fundamental principle that allows parliament to have legislative supremacy.

This question refers to the House of Commons being a “rubber stamp” for government legislation. This question uses a rubber stamp as a political metaphor relating to parliament, insinuating that the Government is in total control and House of commons has no real power to stop that legislation, the only thing the House of Commons does...