Government

The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP is the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The responsibilities:

• bear overall responsibility for all Departmental issues.


• represent the UK at the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council and at the EU Environment Council.


• lobby for the UK in other international negotiations on sustainable development and climate change.
  

The Rt Hon Lord Adonis is the Secretary of State for Transport. His responsibilities are make the transport and the enverionment more safe.

The Rt Hon David Miliband MP is the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is 'Foreign Secretary', who is the minister in charge of Britain's relations with the outside world. The department is called the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. His responsibilities are relations with foreign countries, matters pertaining to the Commonwealth of Nations and the UK's overseas terriories and the promotion of British interests abroad.

The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP is the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions . The responsible for the Department for work and pensions.

The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP is the Secretary of State for Defence Home. The responsible for senior United Kingdom government minster in charge of the Ministry of Defence, chairing the Defence Council. It is a Cabinet position.

The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP is the Secretary for the Home Office. The responsible for internal affairs within England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the whole of the United Kingdom

The Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP is the Secretary of State for Health. The responsible for the Department of Health. Provide medical insurance for the people.

The Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP is the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is the head of the Treasury. The another name is Minister of Finance. The responsible responsible for all economic and financial matters.


What are the Prime Minister's responsibilities?


The Prime Minister himself does not have any departmental responsibilities. Therefore, he can control the Cabinet Office. The strength of the PM's power of apparent is 'cabinet reshuffle'. He can change the cabinet members at least once every two years, let some members out or chang them work.



By controlling influential committees, the Prime Minister can also ensure that he drives the policies of these committees.

Senedd

Thursday, we went to the Senedd which is the Welsh Assembly building，located in the cardiff bay.
The docent told us the Welsh Assembly Government is working to help improve the lives of people in Wales and make our nation a better place in which to live and work. The Senedd was designed by Richard Rogers. The roof is not similar with the traditional roof, it looks like the waves of the sea. It is said that easily to collect the rainwater, and let them flush the toilets in the building. The whole building have not air-conditioning, when the summer coming, the top of the glass windows will be open, the sea wind will get the fresh sea wind into the building. In the winter, water is pumped through pipes which were drilled 100m below ground and heated to 14℃ by geothermal energy. The hot water is pumped back up to the slate floor to warm the building temperature. Every year, it can save 50% energy fee.

During the docent was talked about the debating chamber time, a assembly member came to introduce them daily work, when the questions time, a student asked whether reduce our international student tuition fee, and the assembly member smiled said the education is a topic of their discuss.

When we visited after the Senedd, we walked along the sea, the sunset irradiated on our shoulder, I told myself, even after two years I will leave here, the memory will never disappear. The cardiff and my whole university life will always in my mind.