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(a) Conventions relating to the legislature include:
(i) The House of Lords should defer to the House of Commons. This is particularly the case when a bill promoting an election manifesto commitment is being proposed – this is known as the Salisbury Convention.
(ii) Financial bills are only introduced in the House of Commons, and then only by a Cabinet minister.
(iii) Parliament must be summoned to meet at least once a year.
(iv) All parliamentary committees should reflect each party's relative strength in the House of Commons.
(v) MPs have access to the Crown through the Speaker.
(vi) Arguably, a new convention has become established in recent years – notably after the parliamentary vote on Syria in August 2013 – that the Commons should be consulted before the government embarks on significant foreign policy initiatives, involving the use of the armed forces, (otherwise than in an emergency).
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