parliamentary law making influences 8 marker Flashcards
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- Various influences on parliament passing/ abolishing laws
- Political parties are one influence
- Parties publish a manifesto setting out their political aims/ ideas- these
influence the laws that get made if they are voted in.
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- Public opinion is another influence
- Strong public feelings mean parliament must make a law to deal with it.
e.g. Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 made in response to public outcry about
children being injured by dogs. - The media (newspapers, internet, TV) can also get the attention of the
public resulting in them influencing parliament.
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- Pressure groups are also a strong influence
- Sectional pressure groups represent a group/ section of society and their
interests. - Law society represents lawyers’ interests, The British Medical Association
represents doctors’ interests. - Cause pressure groups focus more on specific causes than on groups of
people. e.g. the league of cruel sports was against fox hunting and their
activities led to The Hunting Act of 2004 banning this.
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- Lobbyists try to get an individual MP to support a cause.
- Pressure groups can also try to ‘lobby’ MPs for their cause too.
- Lobbyists persuade MPs to ask a question in the HoC to give publicity to
an issue.
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- Law commission (LC) are independent group of legal experts who find problems within the law, research them and then propose reforms to parliament. e.g. Consumer Rights Act 2015 implemented many of the changes the LC suggested.
