Democracy In The UK

Question 1

What is a reserved matter?

Answer 1

A matter kept by an institution

Question 2

What is a devolved matter?

Answer 2

A matter given to another institution

Question 3

Give an example of a reserved matter

Answer 3

• Defence (we have a brittish army as a whole not separate ones for Scotland, Ireland, Wales
• Immigration (the uk parliament had all the say in how many ppl from Ukraine we let in)

Question 4

Give an example of a devolved matter

Answer 4

• Health (eg. NHS Scotland)
• Education (eg. N4,N5, Higher, AH in Scotland and GCSEs in England)

Question 5

What is FPTP?

Answer 5

the candidate with the most votes wins no matter how many votes all the other candidates got and how slim the margin is

Question 6

3 advantages of FPTP

Answer 6

•simple to understand
•fast to count the votes and announce who won
•doesnt cost much to use

Question 7

3 Disadvantages of FPTP

Answer 7

• candidates can be elected with a small amount of public support
• seats are allocated based on votes not actual support
• encourages tactical voting so ppl vote against the party they dont like instead of for the candidate they prefer most

Question 8

What is a majority government?

Answer 8

one party wins more than half of the seats in parliament and they can be confident abt passing most of their policies into laws bc their MPs would be expected to vote the same way
gov. opposition
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Question 9

What is a minority government?

Answer 9

one party wins but not by more than other partys jouned together, they can pass their policies into laws but only with support from at least 1 other party
gov. opposition
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Question 10

What is a coalition government?

Answer 10

one party wins more than any other party but not more than any other party so they join with another party to be able to pass policies into laws however they must agree on which policies to keep and which to get rid of
gov. opposition
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