Parliament Flashcards
speaker
- unbiased
- ensure efficiency
- currently sir Lindsay Hoyle
what is an example for speaker?
2016 - Bercow expelled Dennis Skinner for calling Cameron ‘dodgy dave’
what do whips do
- inform members of party who to vote for
- 3 line whip - whole party needs to vote
what is an example for party
whips?
september 2019 - Johnson removes whip for 21 MPs from tory - expelled
who are ministers/ front benches?
- mps but do not represent their constituencies
- department heads
what is an example for frontbenchers?
2022 - BoJo resigned after 60+ ministers resigned from his front bench, such as Sunak
what is an example of a private members bill?
1967 abortion law
how many life peers are there in HoL?
778
how many Lords spiritual are there?
40 bishoprics
5 permanent
when was the lords spirituals women’s act?
2015
who is the Lords speaker?
Lord Mcfall
how many tories in the HoL in 2023?
267
how many labour in the HoL in 2023?
171
how many crossbenchers in the HoL in 2023?
182
how much was spent on the HoL in 2020?
17.7 million
