... Peoples Acts lay down the law, relating to who has and who does not have the right to vote. The controversial Police Powers Bill which passed into law, immediately before the 1997 General Election enlarged the powers of the police in relation to arrest and search. Many principles of the Constitution are to be found in parliamentary statutes. The "common law" is to be found in judicial decisions many of which are centuries old. The formal powers of the Monarch are essentially common law powers. Individual rights are often to be found in the common law. "Conventions" can be defined as constitutional rules, which do not have legal status (they are not enforceable by the courts) but which are obeyed because most people believe that they should be obeyed for example; it is now a constitutional rule that the Prime Minister must be a member of the House of Commons, ...

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