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Alec Douglas Home

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Last member of the Lords to become an MP in 1963 resigned his peerage and fought and won a by-election so he could sit in the Commons as an MP

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Frank Field

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Stood as an independent having won as a Labour candidate in a safe Labour
seat - he lost

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2024 women in Labour Party

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104 vs 96 men!

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Tory men v women 2024 (remember Tory MP numbers have dropped to 348 in 2024)

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260 vs 88

2019: 278 vs 87

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life peers as of May 2023

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664 - most are tory

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Hereditary peers

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92 - prior to 1999 was 700!

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How many Church of England bishops?

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26

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Name of first female MP ever

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Nancy Astor in 1919

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Are BAME underrepresented?

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Yes - 10% MPs vs 18% of population

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Are LGBTQ underrepresented?

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Surprisingly no - 6% vs 2% of population

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Lindsay Hoyle

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Elected in 2019 and 2024 scandal over allowing Labour to put an amendment to an SNP notion surrounding Gaza

Accused of breaking long-standing convention rules - seen as partisan towards labour

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John Bercow

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Speaker who suspended veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner for calling PM Cameron ‘dodgy Dave’

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Michael Martin

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Forced to resign over expenses scandal

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Penny Mordaunt

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Current Commons Leader

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Nadine Dorries + Matt Hancock

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Tory MP had the whip withdrawn after appearing on I’m a Celeb

Same thing happened to Hancock

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21 Tory rebels

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in 2019 had the whip withdrawn after they voted to stop a no deal Brexit

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Julian Lewis

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Had the whip withdrawn July 2020 for as chair of Intelligence and Security Committee working with Labour MPs for his own advantage

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Andy McDonald

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Labour MP brought back into the party in March after having the whip withdrawn for language used at a pro-Palestine rally

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Julian Knight

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Tory whip withdrawn in 2022 after an allegation of sexual assault

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Corbyn

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Whip withdrawn in 2020
over antisemitism

Standing as an independent in 2024

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Sunday trading bill

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was the last time (1986) a bill had been rejected at the second stage

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Democratic audit

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Found 63% of all MPs brought some sought of relevant expertise to public bill committees between 2000 - 2010, and 87% of govt amendments come from these committees

vs only 0.5% of non-govt amendments in committees succeed

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Gina Miller

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Miller v Sec of State for exiting the EU- article 50 cannot be invoked without parliamentary approval

Miller v Johnson - cannot prorogue parliament

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Theresa May Brexit

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deal rejected twice

First time a mega 432 ‘no’ to 202 ‘aye’

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FTPA 2011

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repealed in 2022 - allows govt to call early elections

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Secondary legislation (minister-made law) example

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Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 allows the govt to add new drugs to the list of banned substances

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Private Members’ Bill example:

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Abortion Act 1967 and the abolition of capital punishment

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Ballot bills + example

Also, how many ballot bills became law 2022-23? (give one example)

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are a form of PMB

65 hours set aside for 13 fridays

backbenchers put in a ballot and 20 names are picked out

higher-than-average chance of becoming law as long as they aren’t controversial

EXAMPLE = Turing Bill in 2016 that would have pardoned all men living with UK convictions for same-sex offences committed before 1967 - unfortunately the govt withdrew its initial support when a govt minister spoke on the matter for 25 minutes

16 - Carer’s Leave Act 2023 and Child Support Act 2023

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Chris Chope

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2018 the Conservative Chope single-handedly blocked a bill that would have outlawed ‘upskirting’ - was HUGELY criticised

Luckily a govt-backed bill on the same matter was passed after

30
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Ten minute rule bills usually fail but what one passed?

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The Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017

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What is a presentation bill? What one was successful ?

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a bill formally presented during a Friday sitting only after ALL ballot bills -
no speech or debate, usually just to address discrete non-controversial policy issues and to resolve anomalies in the law

2 Brexit Acts: Cooper-Letwin and Benn Acts were implemented via presenting bills because MPs took control of parliament’s agenda from the government in order to prevent a no-deal Brexit

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Cross bench opposition to the

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privatisation of some of England’s forests forced the govt to abandon its plans entirely

33
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Own party pressure for Blair’s government to pass the

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Corporate Manslaughter Act 2006

34
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Nick Boles

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Burkean - represented a leave constituency but personally supported the remain campaign

35
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Stephen Lloyd

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Delegate - a Lib Dem for Eastbourne promised to support Brexit in the Commons if re-elected in 2017 to honour the national and constituency vote DESPITE him personally supporting the Remain campaign

36
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Frank Field

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Mandate - lost his seat in 2019 when he became an independent

37
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How many Labour MPs resigned over Blair’s invasion of Iraq?

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139

38
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How many emergency debates took place in 2017-19?

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22 - including Brexit and rollout of universal credit

39
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Backbench business committee

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recent development set up in 2010 - decides the topic for debate for 1 day a week in Westminster Hall and gives backbenchers more scope to shape Commons business - much different atmosphere to main chamber debates

40
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Another recent development: Westminster Hall debates + Ben Bradley example + 2023 example

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4 days a week

2020 Mansfield MP Ben Bradley led a debate on educational attainment of white WC boys

2023 - debate on hate crime against the LGBTQ+ community led by Stephen Doughty

In 2024 there was even an inquiry into the James Bulger murder case

41
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What are Mondays reserved for?

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Discussion and petitions (including e-petitions)

Had to have over 100k signatures - in March 2024 an e petition successfully achieve this with 250k and was able to bring a debate about why LGBT content should NOT be removed from the relationships education curriculum

Height of COVID several petitions calling for greater government action

Calls to abolish NHS staff having to pay for parking

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Public Bill Committees example

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Committee stage of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 that dealt with the sensitive topic of electronic surveillance by the security services added additional safeguards to protect journalists

43
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Select committees

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2013 parl defined their role as to launch investigations, call witnesses and check taxpayers money is being spent efficiently

Public Accounts Committee is the oldest committee (1857) - role is to check if the govt is effectively spending money e.g. HS2 and cost of uni tech colleges

28 in 2020

Health Sec Committee chaired by Jeremy Hunt in 2020

44
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Lords committee

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least significant

COVID Committee
EU Committee

Usually 4 new ones per year

45
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Stephen Timms (Labour)

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going back to select committee he was an opposition party chair for the Department of Work and Pensions in 2019

46
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COVID-19 furlough scheme select committee

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was urged by the opposition party in the Treasury Select Committee

47
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Sir Philip Green: select committees

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was questioned over the BHS pensions scandal

48
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Caroline Nokes: Select committees

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the former immigration minister appeared visibly irritated when questioned about problems faced by highly skilled migrants in the UK - was later accused of misleading parliament with her answers

However in 2020 Nokes was elected chair of the Women and Equalities Committee showing that one bad performance is not necessarily a barrier to promotion elsewhere

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Ofsted Amanda Spielman

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Since 2007 select committees have had the ability to review major ministerial appointments of those heading quasi-government agencies

MPs on the education select committee rejected proposed head of Ofsted Amanda Spielman after a lacklustre performance - however she was still appointed

50
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what percentage of select committee recommendations accepted by the government?

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40%

51
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Transport select committee: select committees and civil servants

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civil servants summoned to hearings and must be honest

In Sep 2019 the Transport SC issued a report criticising the Department for Transport for failing to take action on pavement parking that had a negative impact on people with visual or mobility impairments - Dep responded saying they would consult on whether to give local authorities approval to tackle such issues

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Home Affairs Committee

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Rose in profile from 2008 to 2012

Press mentions went from 295 to 2,033

53
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Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament

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set up in 1994 and oversees MI5 MI6 and GCHQ

54
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role of the opposition

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20 opposition days set aside where they choose the topic for debate

17 go to offices opposition and 3 for 2nd opposition (SNP) - use Lindsay Hoyle 2024 scandal as example

55
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What issues did labour raise in 2018 vs 2023?

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2018 -Grenfell tower fire and NHS privatisation

2023 - mental health, issues of sewage, safety of school buildings

56
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Gurkhas

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Gordon Brown leadership an opposition motion to allow Gurkhas to settle in the UK was passed when 27 Labour MPs rebelled and supported opposition parties

57
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What proposal did the Tories drop during the coalition with the Lib Dems due to intra-party opposition?

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Proposals to lower inheritance tax

58
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What do the opposition receive to help with policy research and scrutiny?

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Short money

59
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Diane Abbott

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when part of the shadow cabinet as shadow home secretary she appeared on LBC in 2017 and was criticised for her weak grasp on numbers and details in relation to the police

60
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What bill during the public bill committee stage had 2303 speeches in May 2022?

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the Online Safety bill - amendments made required Ofcom to provide guidance on issues of suicide, self-harm, eating disorders and abuse to service providers on content they should consider to be harmful to children

The Act was passed October 2023

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What did Labour use their opposition day in 2022 as a tactic for?

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Getting Liz Truss to resign- used their opposition day to ban new fracking, which Truss opposed, and 40 Tory MPs failed to back Truss

62
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What former Tory MP joined Reform UK in March 2024 after being suspended over Islamophobia?

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Lee Anderson - becoming the 37th MP to change party allegiance during this term

Used to be a Labour councillor, then became a conservative MP in 2019

Scandals included him telling asylum seekers to fuck off back to France

63
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Who left SNP in 2023 over claims of mistreatment and bulling?

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Lisa Cameron

64
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Who had the whip withdrawn in 2020 but continues to sit as an independent?

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Jeremy Corbyn

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