... Monarch, House of Lords, House of Commons. Each has their own role in the maintenance of a fair government, the importance of which increases respectively. The Queen's role today is minimal, although, the right to deny an act royal assent is reserved for the queen's pleasure; assent has not been withheld since 1707 when Queen Anne denied a Scottish Militia Act her assent. The role of the Queen in legislating has become one of formality and convention, Royal Assent is required to enact any bill, but a bill which has passed the two houses will always be given assent barring some extraordinary, and quite unforeseeable, circumstance. The largely unelected House of Lords has a limited role in legislation for the very reason that it is unelected. The House has only powers of delay, and even then cannot delay money bills. The large majority of legislation occurs in the House of ...

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