pressure groups Flashcards
consultation responses
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gov consult to look good
the Scottish Government recently consulted on tougher penalties for people who harm wildlife. The Law Society, a sectional/insider pressure group, responded with their experience and the proposal became law in 2020
in 2017 the UK Government consulted on letting disabled people vote electronically, then took a year to respond by rejecting the idea despite the Royal Society for the Blind supporting it
petitions show popularity
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gov ignore petitions
in 2019 the UK Government supported the introduction of Finns Law after the Finns Law group set up a petition that received over 130,000 signatures. This law gave greater protection to police dogs and horses after the police dog Finn was stabbed
the Time for Inclusive Education pressure group first tried to use a petition to change the law to change Scottish education at the start of their campaign but this was rejected by the government and others
lobbying gov
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unsympathetic gov ignore outsider groups
in 2021, Scotland became the first country in the world to have a LGBT inclusive education system because the TIE pressure group lobbied enough MSPs and Government Ministers, eventually gaining their support
the Nuclear Disarmament campaign has been lobbying MPs in parliament for over 40 years but the UK government has remained committed to having nuclear weapons no matter what party is in power
