constitutional reform Flashcards
whats Devolution and give an example
Devolution giving power to local people e.g. a referendum was help with Scotland and Wales in 1987 to see if they would like there own assembly Scotland has the power to make acts and laws Scotland is Unicameral meaning they have one chamber or house
how are we portected by human rights
Human rights ensures the European human right convention are written into Uk law before 1998 it wasn’t signed into domestic law it was seen as a treaty= NOTHING TO DO WITH EU
name 3 rights
- Right to a fair trail
- Right for education
- Freedom of thought and expiration
when was labour not in power and what did they do
Labour not in power 1979-1997 decide to rebrand with tony blare
Three main phases
what does Unicameral mean
one chamber or house
whats a loyalist
want Ireland to be in uk
whats a unionist
want to be part of Ireland
is House of Lords elected
House of lords is unelected instead appointed (normally by PM) or hereditary peers the rest of the peers are known as life peers
whats the Freedom of information act
it gives the citizens the right to access information held by public information
how is Surprime caught chosen
chosen by merit
