House of lords

Question 1

Pro/Con of the House of lords

Answer 1

Independence from squabbling/No accountability

Question 2

What did the first lot of reforms address?

Answer 2

The hereditary peers

Question 3

Who used to be speaker of the house?

Answer 3

The lord chancellor

Question 4

In 1998 there were_______Hereditary peers

Answer 4

759

Question 5

Now there are only _______ Hereditary peers

Answer 5

92

Question 6

What act created the life peers?

Answer 6

Life peerages act 1958

Question 7

What do the lords spiritual not do?

Answer 7

Vote or speak on purely political matters

Question 8

List the disqualifications

Answer 8

Aliens
Under 21
If you're bankrupt
Treason
Someone who discards a hereditary peerage

Question 9

Do members receive salaries?

Answer 9

No but do get day to day expenses

Question 10

What are the four types of question?

Answer 10

Starred
Unstarred
Written
Private notice

Question 11

Does the house of lords use public bills committees?

Answer 11

No they do not

Question 12

What does the absence of the closure motion mean?

Answer 12

Debates are allowed to continue, moreso than in the commons

Question 13

Can the lords veto a bill?

Answer 13

No, under the 1911 parliament act

Question 14

Why was the parliament act 1911 introduced?

Answer 14

The lords wouldn’t pass David Loyd georges budget, the commons said it was a constitutional crisis. They threatened to have the king pack the lords to dillute their power.

Question 15

How many times have the parliament acts been used?

Answer 15

7 times

Question 16

Salisbury convention?

Answer 16

The lords wont oppose a second or third reading of a commons bill and will instead refer it back to the commons

Question 17

Jackson v AG 2005

Answer 17

The house of lords affirmed that law passed under the parliament acts in legitimate. (Hunting act 2004)

Question 18

Select committees

Answer 18

They may summon a committee whenever they want

Eg. Select committee on the constitutions

Question 19

House of lords act 1999

Answer 19

Ended voting right for hereditary peers and reduced them to 92

Question 20

House of lords reform act 2014

Answer 20

Created methods for resignation or expulsion of lords

Question 21

When was the hereditary peer question first debated in the lords

Answer 21

1888/6

Question 22

What did the coalition government want to change?

Answer 22

To make the upper house elected with a 240/60 elected unelected split.