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1
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Privy council

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-ancient council to advise monarch
-gov (cabinet inc. PM) and shadow cabinet (senior and leader opposition), senior bishops
-former roles held
-affairs of state
-eg. Changeover monarch- elizabeth2 to charles
-sworn to secrecy- see classified documents and matters
-Penny Morden- leader
but lead by civil service

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Parliament

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-british legislature made up of house of commons , house of lords and the monarch
-bicarmeral- two chambers

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Bicarmeral

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Two chambers in parliament

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House of lords

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-not elected
-92 hereditary
-rest appointed- life peers and senoir bishops
-paid attendance fees eg. Travel

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House of lords changes- 1997

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-blair
-wanted to make house of ords more democratic as most hereditary (male decendants)
-told to keep 92 hereditary peers- for transitionary period

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House of lords changes- 1950

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-life peers introduced
-have role for their lifetime
-appointed by party leaders
-so could be x-MPs and ministers
-opened up demograhphic- women and working classes ect
-more representative

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Pros of house of lords

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-less partisan- less party bias
-more experties
-more consistant- general election change every 5 years
-practicality of voting
-demographic- more inclusive
-house of commons moe about charisma, no career politicians in lords (As appointed)

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Cons of house of lords

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-undemocratic
-not elected
-scandals
-peter cruddes- payed way into seat- 3 mill
-part time- attendance inconsistnt
-accountable, some signed in and not in
-media scandal- taking money
-1/3 house of lords dont attend frequntly- cost 3.2 mil

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House of commons

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-primary chamber of uk legislature, directly elected by voters
-650mps, 1 per constituency
-first past the post system used (PR- used in EU)
-diff parties
-MPS PAID- 84k

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Negatives of fptp

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-wasted votes
eg. Djanogly had majority, other votes dont contribute to another mp seat
-doesnt give opportunity to smaller parties eg. Lib dems

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Pros of fptp

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-clear winner
-less likely to get small extremist parties
-pr means more likely to have coalition govs

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Confidence and supply

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-rights to remove the gov ad to grant or withold funding
-also used to describe a minority partner agreeing to prop up s gov party to provide these things in exchhange for party cocessins
informal coalition
DUP (NI) and theresa may 2017

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Sailsbury convention

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-house of lords should not reject/delay legislation that was included in a govs manifesto
-affirms the idea that the lords are just for revising/scrutining chamber
-up to gov whether they want to push the bill again unchanged or altered- after been pushed back
-1949 reform- bill can only be delayed from manifesto not rejected

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Sailsbury convention- examples when HoL played up

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-reject universal credit bill- usbourne and cam didnt want to push again
2015
-2008-10
-try to put through terrorism bill- can be held in police cell for 44 days w/out trial or charge -now is 14 days

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Parliamentary privilege

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-mps/lords can make certain statements w/in parliament without being subjectto outside influence, including law

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Legislative bills

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-proposed laws to pass through parliamnt
-white and green paper

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White paper

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-draft of gov bill
-goes into house of commons to be debated and voted on

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Green paper

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-early draft
-eg. May be ideas

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Private member bill

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-member of public/mp can give in bill to be debated

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Public bill committees

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-used to be called stand in committees
-committees responsible for looking at bills in detail
-mini house of commons
-proportion mps in pbc same as proportion in house of commons
normally support gov as have most mps in it
-minister responsible for it
-temporary

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Backbenchers

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-MPs or lords who dont hold any gov office
-not on front bench- ministers or shadow ministers
-can be on public bill committees
-eg. Jo cox-killed by fsr right (labour)
david Amss- killed by islamist terrorists

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Frontbench

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Serve in gov
Minister

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Select committees

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-scrutinise goov departments eg. Defence, health
-permenant
-call witnesses and ministers responsible
-not made up of election result majority
-televised
-chair can be fm any party
-members and chairs are voted by other MPs

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Why is it good chairs of select committees are paid

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-more independant
-job worth doing
-willing to persue diff job not in cabinet (which would mean need to appeal to whips more)

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Pros of select committees

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-representitive function of parliament
-cross section of all parties
-not whips
independant
-eg. Foreign affairs, dominic raab(foreign secretary) and other people in department on holiday when afghanistan withdrawal

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Wright reforms

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-reforms to committees
-allowing chairs to be paid
-chairs and members are elcted
rather than chosen by whips, independant
-2009

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Whip

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-prefects of the party
-senior position
-chief whip- cabinet
-lives on downing street
-overview voting- aim to prevent rebellion of MPs on voting (if do rebel may be called out, kicked out of the party forcing them to become independant)
-control party vote

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Opposition

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2nd party
Formal oppositions

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Westminister

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Another name for parliament

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Whitehall

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-road/area betwee trafalga and westminister square
-all of civil service departments
-each have permenant secretary
-headed by cabnet secretary- head of civil service
-makes up big offices and state
eg. Home office, treasury, foreign office, education

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Civil service

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-administration for each departemnt
-permenant and neutral

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Diplomatic core

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-people who work for foreign office
-headed by permenant secretary in foreign office

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Legitimacy

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-gained consent from the public
-held responsible through elections

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Example backbench MPs

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Jo Cox (labour) killed by far right
David amess (killed by islamic terrorists

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Life peerages act

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1958-gave pm authority to nominate life peers of both sexes to house of lords

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Law lords

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Used to be in house of lords
-12 most senior judges
Meaning Hol served as highest court of appeal
-instead sit in supreme court

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1997 house of lords reform sct

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Remove right of 750 hereditary peers to continue sitting in. Upper house
-to avoid compromise-allowed 92 to remain

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38
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Example when hoc passed bill over objectno hol

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2000
Sexual offences ammendment act
Reduced legal age of gay sex from 18 to 16
Easily passed hoc

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How many written questions do hol submit

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Approx 600 annually

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Example of joint committee

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Human rights
Reports of free speech in uni
Wrongful detention and deportation of members of the windrush generation

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Example of experienced life peers

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Labour lrd winston- scientist and fertility expert
Former chief rabbi- jonathan sacks- sits as crossbencher

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Recall of mp

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2015 act
If mp serious misdemenour
Can do a petition in constituency

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Example of recall of mp

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Peter bone 2024

An investigation by Parliament’s behaviour watchdog, the Independent Expert Panel, found Mr Bone broke sexual misconduct rules by indecently exposing himself to a staff member during an overseas trip.
It also upheld five allegations of bullying, including verbally belittling, physically striking and throwing things at the staff member.

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Example of representation over party

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2018 -8 conservative mps disobeyed 3-line whip to vot against expanision of heathrow airport- constituencies which would be affected `

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45
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Example of where parliament doesnt reflectpublic

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Hoc 10% ethnic minority background -compared to 13% pop
Hol 7.3% ethnic minority background

Hoc just over third mps womenq

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Examples of hol defiance

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2015 universal credit bill propsed by camerone and usbourne- rejected by hol and they refused to push though

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47
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how many life peers

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654/800

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48
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Why no incentive to be select committee chair

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Payed less than most junior misiterial role- parliament-under-secretary

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Does gov listen to select committees

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Less likely 66% dont follow

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Select committee sucess

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Committe of privileges
Partygate =boris
Made public more aware

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pmq sucess

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Lying of boris johnson in 2021 over parties first highlighted when kier starmer questioned repetedlyq

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Budget in house of commons

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Since parliament act 2011
Hoc to approve
Debated in commons over 4 days
Scrutinise the gov resulting fincance bill in a committee of the whole house and a public bill committee

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Example when prerogative power not used

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Cameron in syria 2014
Believed military action should be used against bashar al-asaad to be justified after an alleged chemical attack by his gov
When debated-gov defeated 285 to 272

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When prerogative powers used

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Sunak/cameron 2024 strikes on houthi tarkets in yemen without parliamentary approval
Sunak supported but humza yousef doesnt and neither does former shadow chancellor mc donell

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Example of poor legislation due to party whips

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Crime and disorder act 1998
Introduction fo anti-scoial behaboir orders
Criteria ‘to cause alarm, harassment or distress; meant could be used for loud singing or rudeness to neighbours

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Singnificant gov defeats in hoc

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EU withdwal agreement 2018
In 2019 may gov defeatd by 432 votes to 202 for brexit deal
Worse ever in gov

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Public accounts committee

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Ensure gov expendaiture is effective as possible and holds ‘the government and its civil service to acount for the dlivery of public services’

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Liason committee

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Represents chairs of all the select committeesa and regularly q the pm
-less confrontational than pmq- so allows for greater discussion
-reputation of its membership means highly influential in holding pm to account for policy

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Mps and contituncies good thing

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Tony benn- mp 50 years
Called constituency work hardest but most satisfying part of his job
‘In my constituency everuone i met was my employer’

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Example of serial rebellors

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Corbyn voted against new labour 428 times

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3 line whip

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-mps must attend for vote and vote in line w/ demand of leader
-if refuse may loose party whip-lose membership of party
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Speaker of the house of commons

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-ensure parliament functions as effectively as possible
-impartial-not involved in parliamentary debate
Experieced and claim respect from both sides of house
-ensures proper process is followed and presides over debates
-can suspend mps if directly abusive or disobedient

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How many members in house of lords

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800

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Life peers

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Most common
Appointed title for life
Not hereditary
Appointed by reccomendations of pm or house of lords appointments commission

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Hereditary peers

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92(as of 1997)
-inherited titles when die or disclaim peerage
-many others have title but dont sit in hol- after herediatry peer dies, by-election held amongst. Peers to determine who will assume seat

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Bishops in hol

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Cofe
26 senior bishops
No other religions auomatically gain seat- but can get life peerage for example

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Seating in hol

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-sit on two sides-two diff parties
-middle seats-crossbenchers
No party affiliation

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Lord speaker

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Chairs the debates and calls votes
Hol main representative
Most debates in hol are self governing

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Main functions of hoc

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Representation
Legislation
Scrutiny
Debate

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Representation- does hold gov to account/effective

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-1mp/constituency
Voters can ask q, petitions
Hold to account- not voted again
Private members bill
Surgeries
-become more representative
-can see how mp vote online- can be questioned

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Representation- not effective/(accountable)

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-diff demographic in public an parliament
-parties take priority
Whips
Esp if career politican
-private mmber bills rarely sucessful and dont dominate timetable

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Legislation- effective/hold gov to account

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-parliament increasingly rebellious- allowing opposition
-public bill comittees strengths
Allow for scrutiny of gov and bills
-hol more defiant
Not career politicians
Most life peers-experience
Crossbenchers
Call for ammendments on bills

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Legislation- not effective/accountable

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-fusion of powers make more diff to oppose
Gov harder to hold to account as less likely to break away
Pm in gov determines power
-select committees more effective tham pbc
-hol powers limited
Sailsbury convention and ammendmets- can pause but not veto bils
-rebels not put on pbc
-if majority gov- diff to oppose

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Scrutiny-effective in holding to account

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-select committees allow departments to be held to account an dinvestigate- eg partygaet
-pmq
-pm rare to declare military action w/out parliament

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Scrutiny- not effective in holding to account

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-less effective select committes
More experiences mps want to be ministers-paid more, even most junior paid more than select comitee chair
-pmq political theatre rather than proper survey
-prerogative powers- dont need gov to approve
Eg. Military action, conduct diplomacy, treaties

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Functions of hol

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-revise legislatno’
-scrutiny
-provide expertise
-debate
‘Constitutional safegaurd’

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Hol-revise legislation

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-cant veto laws
-revising chamber
-tidying and deliberate on bills
-give advice- less biased
-may cause gov to reconsider- ammendments or push back

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Scrutiny- hol

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-hold question time sessions
For ministers in lords
-respond to statements
-write to ministers
-have committee stages
-have joit committeesw/ hoc
-sevondary legislatio

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Secondary legislation

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Highlight areas of concern to be raised in debate in chair of hol

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‘Constitutional safegaurd’

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Extend life of a parliament
Last used in ww2

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Powers of hol

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Delay
Veto
Ammend

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Delay-hol

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Delay legislature for one parliamentary session- usually a year
Parliament acts 1911 ad 1949

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veto-hol

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-can be used
Extend life of parliament
Secondary legislation

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Amend- hol

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-once ammended returnd to commons
‘’’’’’’’’’ask mps to think once again’

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Issues raised by PMB even though not passed

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2018
Peter Kyle representation of the people bill
Proposedd reducing voing age to 16- not given enough time to proceed
High profile issue

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Sucessful PMB

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House of lords reform act 2014
Allow lords to resign/retire
Allow lords to be expeled for criminal activity pr non-attendance

87
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Example of bill undergone pre-legislative scrutiny

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Jointcommittee on. The domestic violence and abuse bill
Met in 2019

88
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Example bill which failed second reading vote

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Shops bill 1986

89
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What would happen if monarch did not give royal assent

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Walter bagehot wrote that this woul amount to the equivalent of the queen signing her own death warrent

90
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who was the last monarch to refuse to give royal assent

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Queen anne 1707

91
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Example of ‘ping pong’ between houses

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Prevention of terrorism act 2005
Bill went through ping pong 9 times
Before being agreed by both houses

92
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Example of bill in committee of whole house eing used

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European withdrawal act no.6 2019
Bingds pm to asking EU for an article 50 extention if commons doesnt a gree on a deal/no deal

93
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More evidence in PBC

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2006
Allow written and oral evidence

94
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How many committee stage amm=endments are gov backed

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99%

95
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Example of high profile select committee research

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Culture, media and sport
2011phone hacking scandal
Telebised committee scrutiny of news international chairman- murdoch

96
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Experience stat for committee chairs

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Approx 80%

97
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Example for committee having direct influence on gov policy

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Home affair select committee produced damning report over passport office
So home office took direct control of it

98
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Stat for evidence in select committees

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DSC average 44 written eviene, 12 oral evidence

-ameber rudd’s evidence over windrush scandal to home affairs committee led to her resignition

99
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Example of minister turned sc chair

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Yvette cooper was shadow cabinet, now chair of home affairs select committee

100
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Gender balance in select committee chairs

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32% so same as hoc
2017 10/49 candidates for committe chair elections

101
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Example to show that committees dont have an unlimited power of calling witnesses

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2013 may blocked home affairs committee from questioning head of mI5

102
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Ministerial chaired committees

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Forign affairs, treasury, defence, education committees

103
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Turnover rate of committee membership

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2010-2015 avaerage 80%

104
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Stat for irregular attendance SC

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72%

105
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E-petition debates organised by petitions committee

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Mar 2024
E petitioons both for and against removing lgbt content from the relationships education curriculum

106
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Example of personal/important issue raised by mp

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2016 during a debate on UN international day for the elimination of violence agains women
Michelle thomson publically spoke about being raped- break taboo sharing this info

107
Q

Debates aranged by backbench business committee

A

Mar 2024 large scale solar farms

108
Q

Example when large scale rebellion didnt matter

A

2003 139 mps voted against iraq war but blair still won the parliamentery vote
2024- rwanda 11 mps rebelled

109
Q

Executive dismissed after vote of no confidence

A

1979 james callaghan

110
Q

Example when gov dropped bill as didnt have enough support from party

A

2005 lost commons vote when 49 labr mps disobeyed 3line whip- blair abandoned poropsals to allow terrorist supsects to be held 90 days without charge

111
Q

Example when gov wet against advice of select committee

A

Foreign affairs sc advised against military intervention in syria

112
Q

Effective leader of the opposition

A

Led mostly united labour
Helped them to gain power 1997 esp agianst disjointed party under major

113
Q

Ineffective leader of the opposition example

A

William Hague
Divided party on europe
Popularity coulnt catch up from blair and new labour
Economy booming
Failed to make impact and ended up adopting some new labour policies as part f policy programme

114
Q

Example when gov defeated through opposition day debate

A

2009
Gordon brown defeated ober Ghurkha veterans resdencu rights
On lib dem opposition ay

115
Q

Sucess from tv debate

A

Nick clegg poll boost from first debate

116
Q

Fixed-term parliaments act

A

Parties can plan their platform more to a set date rather whim of pm calling an election

117
Q

Exmple for lack of media consitancy

A

On one of 2017 debates neither may nor corbyn present

118
Q

Why should ministers be transparent

A

Ministerial code of conduct
‘Ministers should be as open as possible’ ‘refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest’

119
Q

Roles of backbenchers

A

-representation
Ask q on behalf of constituents
-backbench business comittee
Can rause q for debate
-petitions committee
Scedule on e-petitions if over 100,000 signaitures
-mps raise issues they feel are important
-can introduce private member bills
-when gov majority- v small-more power
Whips more likely to make concessions
-extent of power depends on majority in constituency and gov

120
Q

Yes- backbenchers play important role

A

-committee work
- Select c- scrutiny
- liason c -hold pm to account on policy developments and implementation
-backbench business c- chose topics for debate
-pbc- ammendments on legislation, can introduce pmb
-representation
‘Redress of grievence’
Public concerns on issues can be voiced
-power
-dismiss executive w vote of no confidence
-can oppose whips
-mps can gain concessions from executive when small majority
-if not enough mps support gov may drop legislation

121
Q

No-backbenders play important role in hoc

A

-committees and legislature
-ignore advice sc
-pbc- whpped, opposition unlikely
-pmb fail- not enough time
-backbench bc- gov dominates parliamentary agenda
-increasingly gov dont have to act or suport propositions for debates from e-petitions
-power
-expect support whil=ps
-vote no confidence only in execptional circumstances
-royal prerogative allows pm to commit gb armed forces to military action without parliament vote
-;arge majority gov can survive even large backbench rebelllions

122
Q

How can mps introduce pmb

A

-ballot
-10 min rule
-presentation

123
Q

Pmb through ballot

A

-held at beginingo f each parliament in which mps put forward propositions for pmb
-20 bills in ballot
-top 7 usuallly debated
-most pmb introduced through this method

124
Q

Pmb through 10 min rule

A

-mps can put forward proposals for bill in 10 min speech

125
Q

Presentation pmb

A

Mps can formally present pmb in hoc

126
Q

How pmb introduced in hol

A

Only through ballot

127
Q

Greater chance of pmb being passed if

A

Cross party support
Gov look favourably upon it

128
Q

Significance of pmb

A

-very few become law
-limited time to debate on friday
As on friday many mps left to visit constituencies
Therefore not always sufficient no. Present for a division/vote which is needed for bill to progress
Some opposition may filibuster
-pmb may raise profile of bill rather than change law

129
Q

Pre-legislative scruitiny

A

Optional stage
-detailed examination of a draft bill
-joint committe mps and peers
-may make reccomendations to gov

130
Q

Process of bill bng passed

A

(Pre-legislative scrutiny)
First reading
Second reading
Committtee stage
Report stage
Third stage
Hol-repeat same
Consolidation of ammendments (parliamentary ping pong)
Royal assent

131
Q

First reading

A

Formall presented to parliament
No discussion

132
Q

Second reading

A

Main principles debated
Few weeks after 1st debate
Vote of mps held and if passed moves on

133
Q

Report stage

A

-consider any further amendments
-all mps may participate in debate
-may suggest new ammendments to bill
Voted on- all mps unless on pbc
-speaker selected which ammendemnts are to be put to vote

134
Q

Third reading

A

Final stage for debate
Shorter than 2nd and report stage
Whole house vote on final bill

135
Q

Consideration of amendments - parliamentary ping pong

A

Both houses must agree on same wording in bill
Eg. Amendments made by lords must be agreed in commons’
If commons disafree may push back- ping pong
Normally after 3 pingpongs lords give up

136
Q

Royal assent

A

King signs bills and officially becomes law
King can refuse

137
Q

Committee stage

A

-bill is scrutinsed by pbc
-atleast 11mps
-ministers and shadow minister from department in bills can attend
-first meet 1-2 times after second reading

138
Q

How pbc selected

A

-members select committee- body of mps that oversee. Selection and composition of all parliamentary committees
-party composition- proportional of hoc
-members whippd- gov agree

139
Q

How pbc scrutinise

A

Written and oral evidence

140
Q

Written evidence

A

From organisations or individuals
Members of public as well

141
Q

Oral evidence

A

Beginning of proceedngs attending gov minister and anyother individual called by committee

142
Q

committee of whole house

A

-for financial bills and important/urgent bills, constitutional and matters of ethical concern
-in commons
Deputy speaker chairs
In hol most in whole house

143
Q

Select committees

A

-exist to scrutinise work of gov or gov department
-min 11 mps- representing composition of parties
-select what to investigaate
-call witnesses
-chair- elected by all mps

144
Q

Select committees in commons

A

Departmental select committees
Non-departmental sc

145
Q

departmental select committees

A

Mirror diff gov departments and their work
Look into issues relatingt o policy action

146
Q

Non-departmental select committee

A

-both public interest and parliamentary importance
-eg. Backbench business committee

147
Q

House of lords- select committees

A

-dont mirror gov departments
Investigate specific issues
-12 months/commiittee

6 main commitees
Adhoc committes

148
Q

Example of main select committee hol

A

Communications c
Eg. Future of channel 4

149
Q

Ad hoc committees- hol

A

Specific issue or piece of passed legislation

150
Q

Joint select committees

A

Made up of both mps and peers
-4 permenant ones
-also convened for rewriting tax laws put forward
-temporary

151
Q

4 permenant joint committees

A

Consolodation of bills
Huan rights
National security
Statutory instruments

152
Q

temporary joint committees

A

Consider draft legislation
Pre-legislation scrutiny
Submit report on bill and cease to exist after

153
Q

Oppositno

A

All parties not majority party make up this

154
Q

Role of opposition

A

-ensure gov justiy legislative programme and executive
-create public debate- resonable arguments made
-shadow cabinet -ministerial failures of policy implentation
-pmqs- present leader of opp as syronh
-present themselves as better than pm

155
Q

Short money

A

-financial support for opp
-carry out parliamentary business, expenses eg, travel
-given proportional
For any party with atleast 1-2 seast and 150,000 votes

156
Q

How opposition achieve goals

A

-20 days for opposition topics
17 hm opposition
3 for smaller party
-scrutiny in pbc and other committees
-shadow ministers-expose failures of gov departments in power
-pmq- leader of opposition get 6q
-3rd party leader- 2q
-queens speech debate
Vote of confidence in gov poilcu

157
Q

How important is opposition

A

-balance on tv shows eg. Question time
Leader of opposition shown more, importance, is om in waiting
-hung parliament means more oppositino
-increase in support for 3rd party
-hung parliament ot common- but if is the case- oppositno more opportunity
-balance in media desnt mean consistency- doesnet influecne committee/parliamentary proceedings

158
Q

Ministerial q in hoc

A

Mon-thur
1hr for oral q to be put to miinisters

159
Q

Ministerial q in hol

A

1/2hr on smae day
But to gov rather than specific department

160
Q

How long for ministers to respond to q

A

1w commons
2w hol

161
Q

Pmqs

A

Wednesday 12-12.30
Resppond to hoc
Leader of opp 6q
3rd party- 2q

162
Q

Fixed term parliament act 2011

A

If gov defeated on motion- ‘that this house has no confidence in HM gov’
And no other gov wins another confidence motion w/in 14 days- parliament dissolved and early general election called

163
Q

Why did dup confidence and supply

A

2017
In return for increased spending ni

164
Q

Constitutional reform and goverance act 2010

A

Limits on prerogative power to negotiate treaties

165
Q

Tonny bllair asked commons war in iraq

A

412-149 yes
2003

166
Q

Cameron asked commons to approve military intervention in syria

A

2013
Defeated 285-272
Decided not to- as an event on war-q legitimacy of decision

167
Q

Example of secondary legislation

A

Statutory tax credit regulations
Cut tax credit bill by 4.4bn

168
Q

How did hol reform under blair distort proportion of peers

A

232/665 were conservative, before 506/1320 were

169
Q

Trusted (burhea) representatin

A

Experienced education and informed mps should consider constituency views but exercise own judged in parliament

170
Q

Party/madate model of rep

A

Vote in line with party
3 line whip to ensure

Eg.noot when 52 llaboru mps vote agiaanst eu withdrawal act
Delegate model-0- 1/3 consituents mp with remain
Trustee rep— labour mp - couldnt ‘in all good conscience’ as believe would ‘ultimately harm the city’

171
Q

Free votes

A

No pressure for pary otes
Often on ethical issues

172
Q

Mps redress of greivenace

A

Tackle constituency issues
Write to relevant gov minister
Raise awareness with early day motion
Ask pkmq

173
Q

Functional rep

A

Reps advocate not for particular terrtory but sector of society
Eg class

174
Q

All party groups

A

Informal gorups with no official status w/in parliament
Bring diff points to discuss and promote matter of common interest
Eg/ all parliamentary group on christianuty
Administered by a staff member from the bible society

175
Q

Descriptive representation

A

Extent to which reps share same belief in gender, ethnicity, occupation, education ect as electorate
Important parliameent legislation
More informal decision making
Equality of opportunity

176
Q

Lgbt mps

A

2017 45
2015 32

177
Q

Oxbridge mps compared to society

A

24% compared to 1%

178
Q

How to stop filibuster

A

Closure motion, need 100 mps diff as on firday

179
Q

Example of pmb eventially issue

A

Disability and presentation bill as pmb
Gain greater attention
But sustained pressure led gov to introduce its own bill- disability discriminatioin act later on despite can gov initiaally blocking it

180
Q

Public bill comm

A

Temporary- little incentive to work towards
Selected by whips
More partisan

181
Q

Select comm

A

Permenant- ndevelop good working relstions
More independant\often produce unanimus decision

182
Q

How many pb ammendments passed

A

2000-10
88 non gov ammendments made pbc
Despite oppositoin mps propose over 17,000 ammendments

183
Q

Programme motions

A

Voted on after bill 2nd reading to set deadlines for remaining stages
Recommended by 1997 modernsiation
Hoping mps more influcential
But not realy- whipped

184
Q

Private schools and diversity

A

2017 29% mp private school despite 7%

185
Q

How many pms went to eton

A

19

186
Q

Family backgrounds of mps

A

‘Even if their social backgrounds were ostensibly comfortable’
39 grew up without fathers in 2015 intake
Michael gove adopted at 4 months

187
Q

Incumbancy facyor

A

Tend to be better recognised and trusted than those sitting against them, making it more challenging

188
Q

Public opinion of politicians

A

2014 pol by uni of southampton
48% politicians were out merely for themselves
30% concerned primarily with their party
Only 10% doing best for their country
19720 38% out for themselves, 1944 at 35% with 36% best for their country

189
Q

When did constituency boom

A

1960s when the elections in that decade ‘brought in many new labour mps drawn from professional backgrounds’
And 1970s- growth of local radio and free-sheet newspapers further encouraged those new members to be more involved

190
Q

Lack of scrutiny

A

2015 tory mp james gray
‘Legislatioon has in fact vastly increased in numbers in recent years and vastly decreased in quality. Why? Because we dont have enough time to do so. Surely we should be seeking to extend parliamentary hours and scrutiny rather than shortening them?’
Wes streeting- labour mp.said- ‘patronage is so strong and the executive dominates’’we dont really have the time to look at legislation, we dont take ourselves seriously as legislators’

191
Q

Dont get to choose on bill comm

A

. Sarah wollaston- gp from devon- wasnt allowed to go on health and social care bill comm to scrutinise

192
Q

1922 comm

A

trade union for backbenchers- chooses the candidates to be party leader and pressures the top brass to change policies’

193
Q

Bill comm worthwile?

A

pointless ritual’ conservative mp andrew tyrie as you have to vote with whip anyway
Anthony king and ivor crewe often argue that ;mps on public bill commmittees almoist always see themseves as partisan advocates, not as dispassioinate law-makers’
‘I think bill committees work well for opposition mps’- labour shadow minister
Louise thompson-academic studying bill comm found ‘rare for anyone in a non-governing party to make changes to the law in this forum’

194
Q

Examplke of big rebeller

A

Corbyn rebelled agianst his own party more than 500 times

195
Q

Role of lords honesly

A

revise- ‘all too often peers are not so much revising as doing the dirty owork of mps too anxioys to stick their heads above the parapet’
Legal aid, sentencing and punishemnt of offenders act- 11 defeat hol

196
Q

Example pointless legislation

A

Cones hotline 1992- response to heavy traffic caused by loitering cones that appeared to have no purpose’

197
Q

Failure foreign policy- lack of scrutiny

A

Foreign secretary hague described libyan revels plan for democracy after gaddafi as ‘embryonic’
Failure led to migration crisis
Foreign affairs sselect com 2016 found that-
We have seen no eviodence that hthe uk government carried out a proper analysis of the nature off the rebellion in libya’

198
Q

Parliament

A

The british legislature made up of the hoc, hol and the monarch

199
Q

Sailsbury convention

A

The convention wherby the hol does not delay or block legislation that was included in a gov manifesto

200
Q

Legislative bills

A

Proposed laws passing through parliament

201
Q

Parliamentary privilege

A

The right of mps or lords to make certain statements w/in parliament without being subject to outside influence, inc law

202
Q

Hol defiance and power example

A

2015-16 Parliamentary Session, the Lords considered 78 bills, and made 1,254 amendments,

203
Q

Lords bill introduced

A

Dubs Amendment to the Immigration Act (2016) to encourage the Government to accept more vulnerable unaccompanied refugee children to the UK

204
Q

Hol restriction example

A

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (2012) but these were easily overturned because the Parliament Act (1911) gives the Commons ‘financial privilege’, and the Lords cannot block ‘money bills’ that authorise expenditure or taxation

205
Q

Power select comm example

A

June 2014, the Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston, a doctor who had previously been critical of the Government’s health policies, was elected as the new Chair of the Health Committee. University College London traced policy recommendations from seven select committees from 1997-2010 and found that the government acted upon 44% of their recommendations.

206
Q

Example sucessful e petition

A

A petitopn to cancel gcse and a level exams 2021 in covid 19, started alex d’arcy aged 16
Reciving over 200,000 signiatures,exams that year replaced by teacher assessed grades

207
Q

Breaking of civil service ecode

A

Sue Gray broke the Civil Service code by discussing a job with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, a Cabinet Office investigation has concluded. In a written ministerial statement, Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Quin said the “undeclared contact” between her and Sir Keir constituted a breach.”The rules and guidance that govern the conduct of civil servants are clear and transparent,” he added. “It is deeply unfortunate that events have transpired in this way.”But he insisted he remained “confident in the impartiality of our Civil Service”§§

208
Q

Breaking hol convention

A

Rwanda bill defeated hol second reading by 43 votes, coventionally done and ammendment

209
Q

Examples of hol scruitiny

A

Online safety bill- ammendments in july 2023 inc au generated content
Nat secuirty act new clause on foriegn inerference elections

210
Q

Lords committee work

A

Communications and digital comm- people all ages and backgrounds left behind as services as personal lives move online - report digital exclusion
Chair lord baroness stowell- prevously been head of corporate affairs in bbc

211
Q

Example of representation in hol

A

Lord winston
Chairman of house of lords select committee on scirnece and tech

212
Q

Controversial hol example

A

Baroness owen
Con appt
Worked in no10 as special advisor- although controversial as may not worked as long as stated
Woman
Youngest papt 30 years old how much expeerice

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