Holding the government to account

Question 1

Voting Example

Answer 1

Boris Johnson secured his first victory in the House of Commons almost 3 months after becoming prime minister. Be lost 7 of the first 8 votes

Question 2

Voting balance Example

Answer 2

The withdrawal agreement Bill was supposed to be sent back to the House of Commons. However without the same levels of concessions required they didn’t revisit it.

Question 3

Questions Example

Answer 3

Since 2017 parliament, there has been a significant increase in urgent questions allowed. The increase first started when John Bercow was speaker.

Question 4

Questions balance Example

Answer 4

Prime Minister didn’t turn up for questioning on lockdown parties, instead sent a Paymaster general answer questions

Question 5

House of Lords Example

Answer 5

Since the start of the 2021 Parliamentary session, government has had 57 defeats in the House of Lords

Question 6

House of Lords balance Example

Answer 6

In 2018 Lib Dems wanted to halve the number of members and ensure 80% of peers were elected, but plans were abandoned when no agreement was made with the conservatives