Campaigns

Question 1

what is a pressure group campaign?

Answer 1

Pressure Group campaigns are organisations that try to influence government policies by gaining public support and putting pressure on politicians.

Question 2

example of a pressure group campaign

Answer 2

The British Lung Foundation

Question 3

what is a way pressure group campaigns can affect policy making?

Answer 3

through the use of petitions and raising awareness of their cause

Question 4

How did The British Lung Foundation use petitions to affect policy making?

Answer 4

British Lung Foundation who launched a petition in 2011, gaining more than 50,000 signatures to implement a ban on smoking in cars, that gained support from over 700 health care professionals, MPs, other anti-smoking agencies and the public.

Question 5

How did The British Lung Foundation raise awareness to change policy?

Answer 5

they raised awareness of the fact that over 430,000 children are exposed to second-hand smoke in the family car. This resulted in a change in the law that made smoking in cars with children under 18 illegal within 2015

Question 6

What is another way pressure groups can influence policy making (other than petitions)?

Answer 6

Directly appealing their cause to government officials for a change in law/policy.

Question 7

Name another Pressure group campaign?

Answer 7

Protection against stalking

Question 8

How did Protection against stalking use appealing to government officials to affect law/policy?

Answer 8

They got support from Napo (probation officer’s union) as well as lawyers and the police. PAS were able to change people’s views, eventually making stalking a specific offence under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.