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Parliament V2 Flashcards

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Cons hol

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undemocratic
-not elected
-scandals
-peter cruddes- payed way into seat- 3 mill
-part time- attendance inconsistnt
-accountable, some signed in and not in
-media scandal- taking money
-1/3 house of lords dont attend frequntly- cost 3.2 mil

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Sailsbruy convention when hold played up

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reject universal credit bill- usbourne and cam didnt want to push again
2015
-2008-10
-try to put through terrorism bill- can be held in police cell for 44 days w/out trial or charge -now is 14 days

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Pbc

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used to be called stand in committees
-committees responsible for looking at bills in detail
-mini house of commons
-proportion mps in pbc same as proportion in house of commons
normally support gov as have most mps in it
-minister responsible for it
-temporary

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Pros select comm

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representitive function of parliament
-cross section of all parties
-not whips
independant
-eg. Foreign affairs, dominic raab(foreign secretary) and other people in department on holiday when afghanistan withdrawal

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Life peerages act

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1958-gave pm authority to nominate life peers of both sexes to house of lords

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Example when hoc passed bill over obejction hol

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2000
Sexual offences ammendment act
Reduced legal age of gay sex from 18 to 16
Easily passed hoc

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Example of joint comm

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Human rights
Reports of free speech in uni
Wrongful detention and deportation of members of the windrush generation

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Example experiences life peer

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Labour lrd winston- scientist and fertility expert
Former chief rabbi- jonathan sacks- sits as crossbencher

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Recall of mp exaple

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Peter bone 2024
An investigation by Parliament’s behaviour watchdog, the Independent Expert Panel, found Mr Bone broke sexual misconduct rules by indecently exposing himself to a staff member during an overseas trip.
It also upheld five allegations of bullying, including verbally belittling, physically striking and throwing things at the staff member.

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Example of rep over party

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2018 -8 conservative mps disobeyed 3-line whip to vot against expanision of heathrow airport- constituencies which would be affected `

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Example of rep overp party

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2018 -8 conservative mps disobeyed 3-line whip to vot against expanision of heathrow airport- constituencies which would be affected `

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Example where palirament doesnt reflect publci

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Hoc 10% ethnic minority background -compared to 13% pop
Hol 7.3% ethnic minority background
Hoc just over 1/3mps women

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Select comm sucess

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Committe of privileges
Partygate =boris
Made public more aware

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Pmq sucess

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Lying of boris johnson in 2021 over parties first highlighted when kier starmer questioned repetedlyq

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Example when prerogative power not used

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Cameron in syria 2014
Believed military action should be used against bashar al-asaad to be justified after an alleged chemical attack by his gov
When debated-gov defeated 285 to 272

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Example when preorgative power used

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Sunak/cameron 2024 strikes on houthi tarkets in yemen without parliamentary approval
Sunak supported but humza yousef doesnt and neither does former shadow chancellor mc donell

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Signif gov defeats hoc

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EU withdwal agreement 2018
In 2019 may gov defeatd by 432 votes to 202 for brexit deal
Worse ever in gov

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Does hockey achieve its functions/hold gov to account

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Rep legislation scrutiny

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Functions of hol

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Scrutiny legislation
Rep/expertisse

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Issues raised by pmb even tohugh not passed

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2018
Peter Kyle representation of the people bill
Proposedd reducing voing age to 16- not given enough time to proceed
High profile issue

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Succesfull pmb

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House of lords reform act 2014
Allow lords to resign/retire
Allow lords to be expeled for criminal activity pr non-attendance

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Example of bill undergone pre legislative scrutiny

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Jointcommittee on. The domestic violence and abuse bill
Met in 2019

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Example ping pong houses

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Prevention of terrorism act 2005
Bill went through ping pong 9 times
Before being agreed by both houses

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Example high profile select committee research

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Culture, media and sport
2011phone hacking scandal
Telebised committee scrutiny of news international chairman- murdoch

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Example to show comm dont hav eunlimited power of calling witnesses

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2013 may blocked home affairs committee from questioning head of mI5

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E petition debates organised by petitions com

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Mar 2024
E petitioons both for and against removing lgbt content from the relationships education curriculum

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Debates arranges bbc

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Mar 2024 large scale solar farms

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Example when large scale rebellion didnt mater

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2003 139 mps voted against iraq war but blair still won the parliamentery vote
2024- rwanda 11 mps rebelled

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Example when gov went against advcie of select comm

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Forigen affairs sc advised against military intervention in syria

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Ineffectve leader of opposition

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William Hague
Divided party on europe
Popularity coulnt catch up from blair and new labour
Economy booming
Failed to make impact and ended up adopting some new labour policies as part f policy programme

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Backbenchers play important role

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Comm work- select comm, bbc, pbc
Representation
Power- vote no confidence, opp whips, small majority

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Signif of pmb

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very few become law
-limited time to debate on friday
As on friday many mps left to visit constituencies
Therefore not always sufficient no. Present for a division/vote which is needed for bill to progress
Some opposition may filibuster
-pmb may raise profile of bill rather than change law

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How pbc selected

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members select committee- body of mps that oversee. Selection and composition of all parliamentary committees
-party composition- proportional of hoc
-members whippd- gov agree

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example of sselect com hol

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Communications comm eg future channel 4

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4 peremnat joint comm

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Consolidation of bill
Human rights
Nat secuirty
Statitory instruments

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Role of opp

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ensure gov justiy legislative programme and executive
-create public debate- resonable arguments made
-shadow cabinet -ministerial failures of policy implentation
-pmqs- present leader of opp as syronh
-present themselves as better than pm

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Example secondary legilstaion

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Statutory tax credit regulations
Cut tax credit bill by 4.4bn

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Oxbrigde mps

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24% comp 1% soc

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Example pmb eventually issued

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Disability and presentation bill as pmb
Gain greater attention
But sustained pressure led gov to introduce its own bill- disability discriminatioin act later on despite can gov initiaally blocking it

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Lack of scrutiny failure fp

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Foreign secretary hague described libyan revels plan for democracy after gaddafi as ‘embryonic’
Failure led to migration crisis
Foreign affairs sselect com 2016 found that-
We have seen no eviodence that hthe uk government carried out a proper analysis of the nature off the rebellion in libya’

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Sucessful e petition

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A petitopn to cancel gcse and a level exams 2021 in covid 19, started alex d’arcy aged 16
Reciving over 200,000 signiatures,exams that year replaced by teacher assessed grades

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Breaking hol covention

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Rwanda bill defeated hol second reading by 43 votes, coventionally done and ammendment

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Example hol scrutiny

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Online safety bill- ammendments in july 2023 inc au generated content
Nat secuirty act new clause on foriegn inerference elections

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Lords comm work

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Communications and digital comm- people all ages and backgrounds left behind as services as personal lives move online - report digital exclusion
Chair lord baroness stowell- prevously been head of corporate affairs in bbc

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Ezample of rep in hol

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Lord winston
Chairman of house of lords select committee on scirnece and tech

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Controversial hol exmaple

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Baroness owen
Con appt
Worked in no10 as special advisor- although controversial as may not worked as long as stated
Woman
Youngest papt 30 years old how much expeerice

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