The House of Commons Being a watchdog in the House of Commons means that MPs are vigilant and monitor the Executive effectively, however being a lapdog of the House of Commons means that the MPs are loyal and obedient to their party and its leaders in the hope of promotion prospects. The House of Commons is made up of 646 MPs elected to represent individual constituencies. The effect of this is that MPs tend to be elected and re-elected serving the interests of the majority within each constituency, however this tends to ignore the fact that all constituencies contain minorities of some kind, for example racial, religious, class etc., whose interests tend to be ignored. The House of Commons is responsible for scrutinizing the activities of the British government, this is to examine whether the government has exceeded its authority or abused its power, this demonstrates the fact that the House of Commons can be described as a dog guard who keeps a check on the government. However the problem is that the unwritten British Constitution means that the limits of government power are not explicit, but are a matter of interpretation. Which always turns out to be in favor of the government, for example the fact that all members of the British government come from parliament means that there is a conflict of interest between parliament and government. There is a widespread "careerism" among MPs whereby they quickly realize that if they want to make a difference then they must have a certain degree of political power. However this can only be achieved as a member of the government... middle of paper... in the area of ​​public services, for example water taxes and also the war in Iraq. However, the House of Commons can be described as a watchdog, the two (PMBs) are introduced and promoted by backbench MPs. They take up around 10% of parliamentary time and are held twelve Fridays in each session. Most PMBs fail due to lack of time. In reality, the parliamentarian needs government support to pass a bill. PMS are prone to obstructionism, although there are successful examples in the 1960s reforms to abortion and homosexuality law. In 1994, a PMB influenced the government to lower the age of consent for homosexuals to 18, this shows that not all MPs can be described as being loyal and obedient to some, standing up for what they believe in and the common home it can therefore be defined as a guard dog.