2010 constitutional changes

Question 1

What was the government from 2010-2015?

Answer 1

The coalition liberal democrat’s and conservatives

Question 2

Why was there a compromise of constitutional changes?

Answer 2

Because it was a mix of 2 party’s the most significant changes were stalled it watered down

Question 3

What are the constitutional changes of 2010?

Answer 3

-Fixed term parliament act 2011
-Scotland Act 2012
-The protection of freedom act 202
-House of lords reform act 2012
-Wales act

Question 4

What is the fixed term parliment act 2011?

Answer 4

Established a pattern of fixed general elections every 5 years
Removed the ability for the PM to call general election at an advantageous time due to lib dem and conservative agreement

Question 5

In the fixed term parliament what are the 2 main terms to dissolve parliment?

Answer 5

If you could get a vote if no confidence
or 2/3rds majority of displacing vote

Question 6

Before fixed term parliment what was the rule?

Answer 6

PM can go to monarch to dissolve parliment
And early election if vote do no confidence

Question 7

Can it be easily overridden?

Answer 7

Yes
T May- calling jeremy corbin a coward
B Johnson- Brexit, overdid act and got a new price of legislation passed

Question 8

What is the scotland act 2012

Answer 8

Gave the Scottish govt the power to vary income tax up to 10p or the pound and devolved further powers to scotland
e.g. Area of regulation of controlled drugs
Allowing scotland to borrow up to 2 billion a year

Question 9

Reform- The protection of freedoms act 2012?

Answer 9

This act offered citizens greater protection from the state putting in place proper scrutiny of security services and oversight of surveillance and data collection

Question 10

Reform the house of lords act 2014?

Answer 10

Aimed to decrease massive number of peers the right to retire or resign their seat
Allows peers in the lords and giving existing peers to be removed as a result of serious criminal offence or non attendance
94 residence been removed for non attendance

Question 11

Reform- The wales act 2014?

Answer 11

Seen as modest
Transferred controll of some smaller taxes to devolved institutions in wales
Set in place the possibility of asking westminster for further devolution on taxation
It also changed from welsh assembly govt to welsh govt

Question 12

What did the coalition say they were going to do but didn’t?

Answer 12

Reducing the number of MPs but this didn’t happen
Also agreed to equalise the number of constituency electorates