Parliament

Question 1

2019 Con Mps

Answer 1

21 had whip removed for backing a motion to prevent a no brexit deal - chancellor philip hammond and david gawke

Question 2

Comments about islamists controlling London + sadiq khan

Answer 2

Con Chief whip Anderson now suspended sits as independent moved to reform uk

Question 3

comments that gaza should be remembered as genocide

Answer 3

on holocaust memorial day , suspended. Lab Mp osamor

Question 4

Lords scrutiny of bills example

Answer 4

Rwanda 10 amendments although didn’t work

Question 5

Names of non-partisan lords

Answer 5

Cross benchers

Question 6

Delaying Bills in Lords

Answer 6

Parliament Act 1911 - 2 years + parl open from 7 years to 5
Parliament Act 1949 - 1 year established Sov of commons

Question 7

Salisbury convention

Answer 7

Can’t veto policy from govs manifesto

Question 8

Public accounts committee chairs

Answer 8

Must be a member of opposition - ensures scrutiny

Question 9

Wright Reforms 2010

Answer 9

Chair must be elected by house + given salary and members are put forward by speaker and then elected by house

Question 10

Reports from committees

Answer 10

are unanimous and still critique

Question 11

composition of departmental committees

Answer 11

reflects seats in commons, more Con BackB

Question 12

PMQs

Answer 12

broadcasted to be scrutinised by the media

Question 13

Brianna Grey example

Answer 13

Sunak comments “trans joke” in house to the speaker. Whilst Brianna’s mother was sitting in watching ‘defining a woman’

Question 14

Point scoring

Answer 14

due to pre planned questions and access to written questions and sound bites

Question 15

examples of sound bites

Answer 15

Johnson said Starmer was involved in the jimmy saville case + “Dodgy dave”

Question 16

Scrutiny regularly by PMQs prevents

Answer 16

an elective dictatorship

Question 17

Urgent questions

Answer 17

Required and must answer to chamber which could be the same day