U3 Accountability of government

Question 1

QT effective because scrutinises PM

Answer 1

Rishi Sunak has recently come under fire for his transphobic comments with him having difficulty defining a woman’, furthermore his comments were made in the same chamber as the mother of a recently murdered trans teen Brianna Ghey, showing his insensitivity and causing public backlash.

Question 2

QT ineffective because skippable

Answer 2

Rishi Sunak has missed the largest percentage of PMQT out of any Prime Minister with the Liberal Democrat’s claiming it to be another sign of weakness.

Question 3

Lords effective because blocking unfair legislation

Answer 3

recently the House of Lords blocked the Rwanda bill as they found it to contain human rights violations and issues surrounding whether Rwanda was a safe country to send people to or not.

Question 4

Lords ineffective because biased PM

Answer 4

Boris Johnson appointed his own brother into the HOL in 2020

Question 5

Committees effective because they shadow and scrutinise officials

Answer 5

Amber Rudd the former Home Secretary resigned after the Homes Secretary Committee put pressure on her to resign because of her controversy around the Windrush in 2018

Question 6

Committees ineffective because they lack power

Answer 6

through covid Boris Johnson skipped three committee meetings surrounding his covid principals due to the troubles/contraversy it may have put him in.