UK Goverment: Consitution - 2.1.4.1 Reforming the constitution

Question 1

What vulnerabilities were highlighted by Brexit and the Rwanda Plan?

Answer 1

Brexit and the Rwanda Plan showed that our constitution is over reliant on conventions, accommodates an elective dictatorship, promotes centralisation, and ignores regional concerns.

Question 2

Who was tasked with exploring future reform measures to the constitution in 2022?

Answer 2

Former PM Gordon Brown was tasked by Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer.

Question 3

What were key recommendations in the Brown Commission?

Answer 3

• An elected second chamber
• Greater decentralisation
• Codifying the responsibilities of government
• New ethical standard measures for Westminster

Question 4

What forms could reform of the Constitution take?

Answer 4

Reform could include further devolution, more House of Lords reform, electoral reform, or a British Bill of Rights.

Question 5

What was the argument presented by Professors Sionaidh Douglas-Scott and Nicholas Barber in 2020?

Answer 5

They argued the case for and against a codified constitution.