Course description
Understanding British Government and Legal Structures & Systems
Upcoming start dates
Choose between 4 start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
- Protocol managers
- Corporate and government spokespersons
- Government and private public relations and government relations managers
- Government and private enterprise legal managers
- Owners and directors of Government related PR consultancies
- CEOs, directors and staff who deal with government or are directly or indirectly answerable to a ministry
- Ambassadorial staff and Ministry staff
Outcome / Qualification etc.
- To understand what a Constitutional Monarchy is
- How Rule of Law and Legislation is developed in the UK
- To understand how the British parliamentary system works
- To identify differences and variations in home legislative Program
- To understand the legislative process from concept to law
- To comprehend how British government institutions work
- To experience at first hand one or more of the British government institutions
- To understand the relationship government has to media, lobbyists, local government, judiciary and devolved legislative organizations
Training Course Content
Britain as a Constitutional Monarchy
- What is a Constitutional Monarchy. Understanding the governance structure in the UK
- How Parliament is constituted – the roles of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and The Executive
- The powers enshrined in each sector of government; monarchy, parliament, judiciary and executive
- Parliament’s relationship with the Civil Service
- The British electoral process
Constitutional Law
- Rule of law and the relationship of courts to government
- How the United Kingdom functions without a written constitution
- The importance of precedence in UK governance and the role of the judiciary in the process
- The role of the judiciary in implementing legislation
- The role of the Supreme Court
- How London is governed
The process of legislation
- The reason for the introduction of legislation and how the government develops its legislative Program.
- The process of legislation before the two Houses of Parliament
- The Committee System
- The development of legislation by the Civil Service – From policy to legislation
- The final debate and passing of bills
- Proposals into law
- The Private Members Bill – how it’s done and how it’s implemented if successful.
Government Image and Relations with Media
- The Government Information Service
- The political PR system
- The Media Lobby system and the external Lobby system
- The Press Gallery
- Freedom of information procedures
VisitsA combination of visits to (at least two of)
- The Supreme Court
- Parliament
- Visit to Travelers Club (The unofficial meeting place of government and ambassadors)
- Lord Mayor’s residence, Mansion House
- Lecture on the ambassadorial system and high-level protocol
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