British and American Systems of Government Compared
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Gordon-Walker, Patrick
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1970-10-12
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
A leader of the Labour Party and member of Parliment and the Privy Coucil, Mr. Gordon-Walker has held various high government positions beginning in 1947. He was successivley Parlimentary Undersecretary of State, then Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (1947-51); Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1964-65); a leader of the United Kingdom delegation to the Council of Europe (1966); Minister without Portfolio (1967); and Secretary of State for Education and Science (1967-68).
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Speaker ticked off the standard similarities in form and differences in practice in the UK and the US governing - starting with the Magna Carta and coming forward to Constitutions (written and unwritten), including the ways of assuring both shared (unity government) and divided (balanced).branches.
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