Parliment

Question 1

How many resignations did Corbyn face in Feb 2017?

Answer 1

28

Question 2

The 2010-2015 parliament was the most rebellious since when

Answer 2

1945

Question 3

How many CON MPs helped to defeat plans to extend sunday trading hours, when was this?

Answer 3

27 backbenchers
March 2017

Question 4

What did UCL find was true about substantiative policy amendments?

Answer 4

60% of substantiative policy change amendments were traceable to parliamentary pressure
12 bills analysed from 2005-15

Question 5

How were select committees changed in 2010?

Answer 5

Now elected

Question 6

Who selects the members for public bill committees? What effect does this have?

Answer 6

Party Whips, so MPs selected are oftern less rebellious

Question 7

What did the Higher Education Bill (2004) see?

Answer 7

72 Labour MPs rebelled (17% party) but none were on the public bill committee

Question 8

From 2000-2010 how many non-government amendments were proposed and how many were successful?

Answer 8

17,468 proposed
88 successful 0.5%

Question 9

During the 2015-16 session how many bills did the Lords consider, how many amendments were made?

Answer 9

78 bills considered
1254 amendments made

Question 10

Name a significant amendment made by the Lords

Answer 10

Dubs amendment 2016

Question 11

How impactful was the Dubs amendment?

Answer 11

Abandoned by May in 2017 after just 200 unaccompanied children welcomed, with 150 more pledged to be welcomed.

Question 12

How many amendments did the Lords make to the 2017 EU (notification of withdrawal) Act?

Answer 12

2 but both later defeated in the commons

Question 13

Since 2002 what has happened in regards to the PM and Liaison committee?

Answer 13

2 meetings per year

Question 14

Which doctor and MP who had previously been critical of gov. health policies was made Chair of Health Committee in 2014?

Answer 14

Sarah Wollaston

Question 15

What % of recommendations across 7 committees were found to have been acted upon between 1997-2010?

Answer 15

44%

Question 16

What action did David Cameron controversially take out without seeking parliamentary approval?

Answer 16

2015 Drone strikes in Syria

Question 17

Why was summer recess broken in 2014?

Answer 17

To debate a motion on striking ISIS in Iraq

Question 18

House of Commons

Answer 18

650 MPs
442 Men, 208 Women
52 Ethnic minority

Question 19

House of Lords

Answer 19

791 Lords
676 life peers, 89 hereditary peers, 26 lord spirituals
585 men, 206 women
48 ethnic minority

Question 20

How many times did the house of Lords defeat 2018 EU withdrawal bill?

Answer 20

14 times

Question 21

How many times was article 50 defeated in the Lords in 2017?

Answer 21

twice

Question 22

Between 2010 - 2015 how many times did the Lords vote against the gov?

Answer 22

48 times

Question 23

Expertise in the Lords

Answer 23

Lord Hogan-Howe former chief of Police, Lord Walton former president of British Medical Association

Question 24

Name an Act defeated in the Lords?

Answer 24

2012 Welfare reform Act

Question 25

How many conservative MPs voted against/abstained in the vote on 2013 Marriage (same-sex couples) Act

Answer 25

136 voting against
40 abstaining

Question 26

Parliament Act 1911 and 1945

Answer 26

Could only delay legislation by one year, no longer VETO

Question 27

How many times does something have to be rejected to become ineffective?

Answer 27

3 times

Question 28

How many amendments did the Lord’s suggest for the 2012 Welfare Reform Act?

Answer 28

7 amendments

Question 29

Name an act the Lord’s delayed

Answer 29

2004 Fox Hunting Act

Question 30

Salisbury Convention

Answer 30

Will not vote down anything in a mandate

Question 31

Name an example of successful committee action

Answer 31

In 2010 Margaret Hodge, Public Accounts Committee chair, held Starbucks to account over tax paid in the UK

Question 32

Backbench phrase

Answer 32

“would you like to step outside and say that?”

Question 33

Backbench Business Committee

Answer 33

Formed in 2010
Able to choose topics of debate 45 days a year

Question 34

How many urgent questions did Bercow and Martin grant?

Answer 34

Bercow (2009-2014) 150 urgent questions granted

Martin (2004-2009) less than 50

Question 35

An example of a time the cabinet managed an emergency

Answer 35

2017 Westminster attacks

Question 36

Example of cabinet committees

Answer 36

National Security Council
Home Affairs Committee
Economic Affairs Committee
Scotland Committee
Social Justice Committee

Question 37

Name a key decision the cabinet made

Answer 37

Whether or not to hold a 2017 GE

Question 38

Stages of a Bill

Answer 38

HC: First Reading
Second Reading and Vote
Committee Stage
Report Stage and Third Reading

HL: Process repeated

Then bill is given Royal Assent by Monarch and becomes law

Question 39

Burkean Idea

Answer 39

MPs decide what is best for constituents who put their trust in them

Question 40

Delegate Model

Answer 40

MPs are a mouthpiece to constituents

Question 41

The Doctrine of Mandate

Answer 41

MPs represent their party which was elected with a mandate on a manifesto

Question 42

In February 2017 how many resignations did Corbyn face?

Answer 42

28 resignations

Question 43

In March 2017 how many CON helped to defeat a bill? What bill was this?

Answer 43

In March 2017 27 CON backbenchers helped to defeat a bill which would have extended sunday trading hours

Question 44

What did UCL find in relation to the impact of parliamentary pressure on bills?

Answer 44

Analysed 12 bills from 2005-2015 and found that 60% of substantive policy change amendments were traceable to parlimentary pressure

Question 45

How are select committees now more independent?

Answer 45

Chairs are elected

Question 46

Who selects the members of public bill committees - what is the impact of this?

Answer 46

Selected by party whips so often less rebellious