Politics - Constituency knowledge questions Flashcards
What is a constitution?
What is the purpose of a constitution?
How is the UK constitution different from other constitutions?
What are the stages in the development of the UK constitution?
What are three milestones in the development of the UK stages in the constitution?
What does the term uncodified mean in relation to the British constitution?
What does the term unentrenched mean in relation to the British constitution?
What are the two tests that must be met if any changes to the constitution are to occur?
What is sovereignty?
What are the different types of sovereignty?
What is the difference between legal and political sovereignty?
What is the rule of law?
What are the sources of the British constitution?
What examples of codified constitutions are there and what are the circumstances in which they came about?
What is a two-tier legal system and what does it imply about changing the constitution?
What is a single-tier legal system in the context of the UK constitution and what does it imply about changing the constitution?
What two tests must be met if any changes to the constitution are to occur?
What examples of codified constitutions are there and what are the circumstances in which they came about?
What are the special arrangements in place to change the American constitution?
What are the special arrangements in place to change another constitution? (Not the UK or America)
What are the arrangements in place to change the British constitution?
Why might the arrangements in place to change the British constitution be seen as an advantage?
Why might the arrangements in place to change the British constitution be seen as a disadvantage?
What is a Bill of Rights?
What does judicial review mean?
What does judicial review mean in the context of the American constitution?
What does judicial review mean in the context of the British constitution?
What are the reasons for the UK keeping an uncodified constitution?
What are the reasons for the UK introducing a codified constitution?
How are some parts of the UK constitution effectively entrenched?
Where does power lie in a unitary constitution?
Where does power lie in a federal constitution?
What is constitutional reform?
What were the main reasons for reform under New Labour?
What examples of constitutional reform since 1997 are there?
What have been the changes to the House of Lords composition since 1997 and what has the impact been?
What electoral reforms have been put in place since 1997 and what has the impact been?
What was the Jenkins Commission and what was the result of the AV referendum?
What have the various reforms to the House of Commons (up to 2010) and outcomes been?
What are the key features of the Human Rights Act?
How does the Human Rights Act work?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Human Rights Act?
What is the Freedom of Information Act and why was it passed in 2000?
What are the weaknesses of the Freedom of Information Act?
What is an example to prove the Freedom of Information Act worked?
What were the key features of the Constitutional Reform Act of 2005?
What were the reasons behind the separation of the judiciary and government?
What were the reasons behind the setting up of the Supreme Court?
How does the appointment of senior judges work?
What did the Fixed Term Parliament try to achieve?
What were the weaknesses of the Fixed Term Parliament Act and what were the reasons behind why it was repealed?
How does the Recall of MPs work? Why was it passed?
What did the Elections Act of 2022 change?
What has the impact been of leaving the EU? (Covered in topic 4)
What is devolution?
In what circumstances did the London Assembly and the London Mayor come into existence?
What powers does the London mayor have?
What have the achievements of various London mayors been?
What are metro mayors; when were they set up?
What policy areas do the metro mayors have responsibility for?
What are English votes for English Laws? When has it been used?
Why was EVEL abandoned?
What is the West Lothian Question?
What was the outcome of the 2004 referendum for a North East Assembly?
What statistics suggest England should have an assembly / Parliament?
What are the reasons for giving more powers to metro regions?
What are the reasons against giving more powers to metro regions?
What is the historical circumstances by which devolution in Scotland came about?
What are the three different types of devolution?
What are the powers given to the Scottish Parliament under the Scottish Act of 1998?
What were the reasons for and the outcome of the Scottish referendum of 2016?
What are the powers given to the Scottish Parliament under the Scottish Act of 2016?
What are the historical circumstances by which devolution in Northern Ireland came about?
What are the powers given to the Northern Ireland Assembly under the Belfast Agreement?
When and why was the Northern Ireland Assembly suspended?
What are the historical circumstances by which devolution in Wales came about?
What were the powers given to the Welsh Assembly under the Government of Wales Act of 1998?
What are the powers given to the Welsh Assembly under the Government of Wales Act of 2014?
What are the powers given to the Welsh Assembly under the Government of Wales Act of 2017?
Overall - What has the impact of devolution on Scotland - strengths and weaknesses - been?
Overall - What has the impact of devolution on Northern Ireland - strengths and weaknesses - been?
Overall - What has the impact of devolution on Wales - strengths and weaknesses - been?
What are the arguments for and against further devolution - strengths and weaknesses?
What are the arguments for and against further devolution to England - strengths and weaknesses?
What is the overall impact of devolution?
What is the overall impact of electoral reform?
What is the overall impact of House of Lords reform?
What is the overall impact of the reform of the judiciary?
What is the overall impact of House of Commons reform?
What is the overall impact of the Freedom of Information Act?
What is the overall impact of constitutional reform in terms of it being weak and in need of further reform?
What is the overall impact of constitutional reform in terms of it being sufficient and in no need of further reform?
