Effectiveness Of Parlimentary Reps Holding Gov Account Flashcards

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Intro

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Parliament reps can hold government to account. This essay will look at the effectiveness of each way they can hold government to account. These ways include: ministerial question time, scrutiny by MPs in committees and the House of Lords. This essay will conclude that while these methods may highlight issues, it is unsuccessful to hold government to account

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in 2021 Boris Johnson
was forced to defend his and his
governments actions in the “C___ for C______” scandal where
government friends helped pay for
Boris flat refurbishment.

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2021
Boris Johnson
Cash for Curtains

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3
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In 20__ while Boris faced questions from which parties conservatives wasted time by asking boris to thank vaccine volunteers

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2021
Labour and SNP

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4
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_____ Cooper of the
_____ ______ committee, through
her questioning, exposed that the
government didn’t know how many
people were coming into the UK with
________.

A

Yvette
Home Affairs
Coronavirus

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5
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Government delayed what after what election?

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publication of a report
into Russian interference in UK
elections until after the 2019 election
to avoid embarrassment

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6
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In the first __ months of the 20__ Parliament the lords defeated the government around ___ times and forced it to change plans about making deals with countries that had been committing what?

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12
2019
100
Genocide

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In what year, what prime minister put his own brother into the House of Lords to join nearly ___ members

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2020
Boris Johnson
800

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