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Parliament Flashcards

1
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When was devolution given to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?

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1998

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2
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How much money did Parliament grant Scotland for 2022-2023?

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£56 billion

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3
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What was NI granted in 2010?

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Their own criminal justice system

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4
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What system of devolution was introduced by the coalition government (2010-2015)?

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Metro Mayors

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5
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What was an issue with metro mayors?

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9 of the 12 intended cities rejected the idea of having a metro mayor

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6
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State two successes of devolution

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Stopped the breakup of the UK
Peace in NI for more than 20 years

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7
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State two failures of devolution

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Scottish independence has increased dramatically
Turnout in devolved assembly’s are low

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8
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What has the voter turnout been for Senedd elections (Welsh parliament)?

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No Senedd election has reached over 50% of the electorate

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9
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What was the voter turnout for the 2003 Senedd elections?

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38%

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10
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How many Lords did Cameron appoint to parliament from 2010 onwards?

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295

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11
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What is unique about UK parliament?

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Fusion of powers

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12
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What does fusion of powers look like in the UK?

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The executive sits in the legislature (HOC)

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13
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What three parts make up Parliament?

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The executive
The legislature
The monarchy

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14
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What is a confidence and supply agreement?

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Used in the instance of a minority government, another party will support the largest one in order to form a government

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15
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What are the two functions of Parliament?

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Legislating
Debating

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16
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How do Parliament legislate?

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Both houses review and scrutinise the laws that the government wish to pass. They are generally expected to pass them

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17
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How do parliament debate?

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Debates offer a way to hold the executive to account and scrutinise the governments ideas

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18
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Name an example of when an emergency debate was used

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An emergency debate followed after the phone-hacking scandal in 2006 in which the royal family’s phones were hacked by newspapers

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19
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What are two issues with representation of parliament?

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Parliament membership does not represent the UK
HOL are unelected

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20
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How many MP’s were of an ethnic minority in 2019?

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66

21
Q

How has social media increased representation?

A

More direct contact between MP’s and constituencies

22
Q

How has coalition caused representation to fail?

A

Lib-Dem’s in 2015 voted with the conservatives to raise tuition fees despite promising to abolish them

23
Q

What is legitimation?

A

The idea that all legislation must be approved by Parliament

24
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Why is legitimation a good thing?

A

Makes laws through the will of the people

25
Q

Name three features of the house of commons?

A

Veto legislation
Constituency representation
Reject legislation

26
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Name three features of the house of lords?

A

Delay legislation for a year
amend legislation but this needs approval from the commons
experts in specific fields

27
Q

Name a piece of legislation that the Lords changed?

A

Removed article 4 of the public order bill which would have removed certain protest tactics such as road blocks

28
Q

Name a Lord who is currently an MP

A

Lord Krebs who specialises in zoology

29
Q

What has increased the House of Lords’ power?

A

removal of life peers has given it more legitimacy

30
Q

How many EU withdrawal bills did the HOL defeat?

A

14 in 2018

31
Q

Name a piece of controversial legislation that the Lords have defeated the government over?

A

2012 welfare reform act

32
Q

Name a bill that the Lords delayed for a year but was ultimately passed

A

2004 fox hunting act

33
Q

What is the Salisbury Convention?

A

Constitutional rule that prevents the HOL from blocking government manifesto bills

34
Q

Name three ways parliamentary scrutiny is carried out

A

Questioning
Select committees
Legislative committees

35
Q

How was questioning effectively used by Jeremy Corbyn?

A

Corbyn as opposition leader used PMQs to overturn the welfare state reforms

36
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What is a select committee?

A

committees that scrutinise specific government departments

37
Q

Name a success of a select committee?

A

2013 public account committee heavily criticised Amazon, Starbucks and Google for avoiding tax

38
Q

What is the traditional role of backbench MP’s?

A

to simply follow the way in which their party votes

39
Q

What has increased backbencher independence?

A

need for constituency representation and involvement in select committees

40
Q

What limits backbench power?

A

Whips which encourage party votes by enticing MP’s with rewards such as trips or promotions

41
Q

How many years has Stormont served given that parliament has shut it down three times?

A

16 years of its 25 year life span

42
Q

How did Sadiq Kahn respond to the BLM riots?

A

Ordered the review of statues and street names in order to make sure there were no race implications

43
Q

What is section 35 of the 1998 Scotland act?

A

Allows for the UK Parliament to halt Scottish bills

44
Q

When has section 35 been used by Parliament?

A

Stop the gender recognition bill in 2022

45
Q

What was the voter turn out for the 2014 Scottish referendum?

A

85%

46
Q

When was the constitutional reform that removed the HOL power to veto government bills?

A

1911

47
Q

What is the significance of Sarah Champion and the vote to leave the EU?

A

She voted against her personal belief of remain in order to honour her constituencies vote of leave

48
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What bill did Gordon Brown drop in 2008 following defeats from the HOL?

A

Terrorist tension bill

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