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Evaluate the view that Backbenchers have little impact on Parliament Flashcards

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What would be the points and counters of this essay

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  1. Select Committees are impactful (Impactful)

ca - Govt still has a majority on the committees (Not impactful)

  1. impactful Involvement in legislative process (Impactful)

ca - Exception, normally we have majorities (Not impactful)

  1. PMQ’s + Urgent Questions (Impactful)

ca - performative (Not impactful)

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  1. Select Committees (Impactful) what do select committees do
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Select committees shadow departments

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  1. Select Committees (Impactful) what was It like prior to the Wright reforms
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Prior to the Wright Reforms Select Committee chairs and members were appointed by party leaders. the PM would appoint loyal members

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  1. Select Committees (Impactful) what did the Wright reforms introduce and what did this mean
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the Wright Reforms, implemented by David Cameron, introduced secret ballet for members and most chairs

this means that SC in parliament are now elected by fellow members

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  1. Select Committees (Impactful) what part do the whips have in the selection of the SC members since the Wright Reforms and what does this show regarding the backbench
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the whips therefore now have no part to play in the election of select committee members

this therefore shows that the power has been shifted from the hands of the PM to the backbenchers showing influence

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  1. Select Committees (Impactful) explore the idea of independent minded appointments
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independent minded MPs have been elected to these SC after 2010

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  1. Select Committees (Impactful) who is Robert Halform what is he the chair of and what was his relationship like with BJ
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Robert Halform has been a serial rebel against Boris J and is now the chair of the education select committee

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  1. Select Committees (Impactful) explore the idea of meritocracy since the Wright reforms and what has it decreased
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Due to the right reforms the selection process has become more meritocratic and backbench influence has decreased cronyism

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  1. Select Committees (Impactful) what is the purpose of the departmental select committee
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the departmental select committees are so important as they are to scrutinise the activity of departments

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  1. Select Committees (Impactful) what are the areas that departmental select committees scrutinise
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departmental select committees scrutinise the running of the dept, legislation that is to or has been passed by a dept and department budgets

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  1. Select Committees (Impactful) in regard to SC publish reports what percent is included in legislation and give an example of legislation produced by a SC
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after the publishing of SC reports 40% of SC recommendations are accepted into legislation

the idea of the 5p plastic bags was formulated by the environmental SC and was adopted by David Cameron

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  1. CA - govt has majority on the committees (Not impactful) explain govt majority in simple terms and provide an analysis
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the government still has a majority on the committee

this therefore means that govt influence on the SC is still in existence and effective to a greater extent that expected

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  1. CA - govt has majority on the committees (Not impactful) explore the idea of strong party affiliations and provide an analysis
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members of SC also still have strong party affiliations

this therefore means that while SC are independent bodies, an alignment of ideologies with a political party will inherently shape and influence the workings of that select committee

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  1. CA - govt has majority on the committees (Not impactful) explore the idea of SC being theatrical and what approach has it taken up
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SC can also be argued as having become theatrical and almost judicial in its approach to interviews

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  1. CA - govt has majority on the committees (Not impactful) explore the Russel Brand Home affairs SC 2012
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Russel Brands 2012 SC hearing was highly comical and rather unofficial in style due to constant joke making

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  1. CA - govt has majority on the committees (Not impactful) explore the idea of SC investigating non-central issues to parliament in a simple sentence
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SC may investigate issues that are not central to parliament or government at all

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  1. CA - govt has majority on the committees (Not impactful) explore the Margaret Hodge SC as an example of non central hearings and provide an analysis
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Margaret Hodge’s SC and the public account SC focus was on companies

government got an “easy ride” as It made better entertainment to bring in the head of Google rather than a civil servant therefore losing focus

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  1. Legislative Process (Impactful) Historically backbenchers were regarded as what
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Historically backbenchers were regarded as nothing but “Lobby Fodder” and told what to do by party whips

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  1. Legislative Process (Impactful) since 2010 what change in the nature of the BackBenchers have there been
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since 2010 backbenchers have become much more assertive

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  1. Legislative Process (Impactful) what are the two reasons backbenchers have recently become assertive and provide examples
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  1. Assertive due to minority govt - 2017 DUP + conservative

2. Assertive due to small majority - 2015 David Cameron

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  1. Legislative Process (Impactful) why have backbenchers become more assertive and provide an analysis
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as Backbenchers have become more important to get majorities

it is therefore not possible to alienate backbenchers as they are of increasing importance

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  1. Legislative Process (Impactful) what did Brexit give backbenchers
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Brexit gave backbenchers a sense of commitment to a cause

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  1. Legislative Process (Impactful) how many legislative votes did Theresa May lose and between when and why
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Theresa May lost 33 legislative votes between 2017-19 due to lack of support from backbenchers

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  1. Legislative Process (Impactful) how many legislative votes did Blair lose and within what time frame and what is the analysis in comparison to Theresa May
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Tony Blair lost 4 legislative votes in the commons in 10 years and therefore shows the importance of having backbench support

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  1. Legislative Process (Impactful) explore the BackBench rebellion during covid and when and what does this demonstrate
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there was a backbench rebellion of 99 MPs against the introduction of the covid passports in Dec 2021

this demonstrates the Backbenchers ability to totally halt government plans

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  1. Legislative Process (Impactful) what is the BJ stat regarding being voted against
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BJ is the most voted against PM by % of MPs

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  1. CA - Exception, Normal to have majorities (Not Impactful) explore BJ’s majority and relate it to Bill successes and provide an analysis
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BJ currently has a majority of 80 and hasn’t lost any major commons bill

therefore BJ has been successful in the passing of many bills even controversial bills such as the nationalities and borders bill

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  1. Legislative Process (Impactful) explore the idea of govt having ultimate power in relation to a conservative purge
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21MPs in 2019 were expelled from Parliamentary party for voting against a no Brexit deal such as Amber Rudd

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  1. Legislative Process (Impactful) explore the idea of FPTP and elective dictatorship
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Lord Hailsham criticised the system as being one of an elective dictatorship due to the nature of FPTP

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  1. Legislative Process (Impactful) explore the idea of the party leader appointing to cab for control simply and provide an analysis
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the party leader can use the appointments process to the cabinet to exercise control

this serves as an incentive to keep backbenchers loyal to the party leadership

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  1. PMQ’s + Urgent Questions (Impactful) explore the Bercow Backbenchers champion sentiment
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in the first 5 years as speaker, Bercow allowed for 159 urgent questions to be asked by backbenchers

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  1. PMQ’s + Urgent Questions (Impactful) explore the idea of PMQ’s and difficult questioning and what was David Davis PMQ statement
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BB have shown themselves to be more ready to ask difficult questions

David Davis exclaimed “For God’s sake resign” during PMQ

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  1. PMQ’s + Urgent Questions (Impactful) explore the idea of loyalty within PMQ
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PMQ is no longer a place to show absolute loyalty to the leadership

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  1. PMQ’s + Urgent Questions (Not Impactful) explore the idea of lack of autonomy in PMQ
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when it comes to PMQ’s and urgent questions, it is not always the case that BB can act autonomously

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  1. PMQ’s + Urgent Questions (Impactful) explore PMQ’s scripted
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a lot of PMQ questions are scripted and ask questions which’ll make the leadership seem profound

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