Uk Government: 2.1.2.1 Constitutional change between 2010-2015

Question 1

Who was in GOV between 2010-2015

Answer 1

Colation GOV between conservatives and lib dems under Camron

Question 2

What overlapped in constitutional reform was there in both manifestos

Answer 2

-implementing the Wright committee’s proposal
-Allow constituents to recall their MP
-Establish a committee to agree proposals for an elected Lords ( CON want mainly elected LIB want partially elected)

Question 3

What was the House of Commons reform commute also known as?

Answer 3

Wright committee

Question 4

When was the Wright Committee established

Answer 4

2009

Question 5

What was the objective of the Wright Committee? Where any implemented if so when?

Answer 5

Identify ways to improve Parliamentary procedures Many recommendations were implemented after the 2010 General election

Question 6

What did the Wright Committee suggest on select committees?

Answer 6

-Elect committee chairs be elected MP across commons and paid an additional salary, to encourage more independent-minded PMs
-All other select committees be chosen by PMs from their party, rather than party leaders
-On 4th March 2010 Commons voted to change its standing orders to require the election of committee chairs
=> All of this was to allow more free-minded PMs to be on committees that would citizens GOV

Question 7

What did the Wright Committee suggest on the Backbench Business Committee?

Answer 7

-Allocated 35 days each session (27 in chamber and rest in Westminster Hall to schedule debate on issues raised by backbench MPs
-MP pich ideas for debate and committee then chooses between them, factoring in the timelines of the issue,support from the other MPs etc
-Establishe on 15th of June 2010 via change to standing orders

Question 8

What did the Wright Committee suggest on E-petitions?

Answer 8

-Allow Public to more directly influence Commons debate

Question 9

How many petitions are needed to receive an official GOV response?

Answer 9

10,000

Question 10

How many petiotions are needed to have a debate in Parliment scheduled by the Backbeck Business committee

Answer 10

100,000+

Question 11

When was the GOV e-petitions website created?

Answer 11

2011

Question 12

What change happened to who was handling the e-petitions website? and when?

Answer 12

2015 Parliament should run petitions process

Question 13

What was the Petitions Committee and when was it established?

Answer 13

-Can ask GOV for more from petitioners, GOV or other people/organisations
-Can write to the GOV to press for action and ask PArlimentay committees to look into petition issues
-Established in 2015

Question 14

What is a recall petition?

Answer 14

Allows constituents to remove their MP before the ned of their term and elect a replacement

Question 15

Under the Recall of MPs Act what were the 3 conditions which could cause an MP to be recalled?

Answer 15

1) Convicted of a crime and given a sentence of 12 months or less ( above that they are automatically removed under-representation of the people act 1981)
2) Following an investigation & report from the standards committee MPs vote to suspend them for at least 20 sitting day
30 Convicted under the Parliamentary Standards Act (2009) for making false or misleading expense claims

Question 16

When was the Recall of MPs Act passed?

Answer 16

2015

Question 17

What is the process of removing an MP

Answer 17

Recall of MPs Act :
1) Meet one of the conditions for recall
2) 10% of constituents sign removal petition within a week, they lose their seat and a by-election is held

Question 18

When was the Lord’s reform Bill put to parliment?

Answer 18

2012

Question 19

What was the Lord’s reform

Answer 19

Planned to phases in elections and new appointed members over 10 years

Question 20

What happened to the Lord reform Bil and why?

Answer 20

Abandoned in Sept 2012 after 92 Conservative MPs rebelled

Question 21

When was the House of Lords act passed?

Answer 21

2014

Question 22

What was the House of Lords act 2014?

Answer 22

-Private members bill thet allowed members for the first time to retire
-Allows pers to be expelled if they don’t attens at all ina session or if scentanced to +1year in prison

Question 23

House of Lords (expulsion and suspension act 2015

Answer 23

Private member’s bill that provided for the House of lords to make a standing order that would allow the expulsion of peers who break the Lord’s code of conduct

Question 24

What is a private members bill?

Answer 24

Public bills introduced by MPs and Lords who are not government ministers.

Question 25

When was the House of Lords (expulsion and suspension act passed?

Answer 25

2015

Question 26

Royal prerogative

Answer 26

• ## LIB want a ‘five-year fixed term parliament’

Question 27

How did the PM having the power certain prerogative powers benefit the PM? What did the LIBs think about this?

Answer 27

-PM could time lection for when it least sited the opposition
-Restain rebellious PMs by declaring crucial cotes to be matters of no confidence where defeat would lead to election
=>LIBs didn’t want an early election and walk away from collation at a politically convenient time

Question 28

When was the Fixed Term Parliament Act passed?

Answer 28

2011

Question 29

What was the Fixed Term Parliament Act?

Answer 29

Set date for the next general election as 7th of May 2015 and established that all subsequent elections would be held every 5 years on the first Thursday in May
2 ways for election to be earlier:
1) Via motion of ‘no confidence’ in common with majority of PMs voting in loss of confidence
2) If 2/3 of MPs (434 out of 650) voted in favour of holding an early election

Question 30

What was the success to the Crow Act

Answer 30

-Makes succession to crown gender neutral- crowns will now be passed on to heirs in order of birth only
-Marriage to Cath dosn’t prevent succession ( being catholic still bars you)
-Only the first 6 persons in line to thought must obtain royal approval to marriage rather than all potential heirs

Question 31

When was the succession to the Crown Act passed?

Answer 31

2013

Question 32

What were the differences in LIB and Conservatives on electoral reform and what was the compromise?

Answer 32

LIB: introfuction of Single tranferable vote
Conservatives: keep FPTP but make constituents more equal in pop size
=> Redraw boundaries and hold a referendum on the majoritarian Alternative Vote system

Question 33

When was the Alternative vote referendum

Answer 33

5th May 2011

Question 34

What was the Alternative vote referendum outcome?

Answer 34

No-67.95%
Yes-32.3%

Question 35

What happened to the Parliamentary Voting system and Constituency Act?

Answer 35

After Conservatives Blocked Lords reform plans LIBs retaliate by refusing new boundary changes

Question 36

When was the Parliamentary Voting system and Constituency Act proposed

Answer 36

2011

Question 37

What did the Parliamentary Voting system and Constituency Act propose?

Answer 37

to reduce the number of constituencies from 650 to 600 nad for them to have much more equal pop sizes but

Question 38

When was the government of Wales ast passed

Answer 38

2006

Question 39

What was the GOV of Wales act ?

Answer 39

Allowed wales to make legislation on specifica matter that fell within 20 broad policy fields.
However still needed case by case approval from Westminster for each matter it wanted to legislate on

Question 40

What was the outcome of the Welsh devolution referendum?

Answer 40

referendum on ving welsh assbly powers to ake laws on all 20 developed power
YES- 63.49%
NO-36.51%

Question 41

When was the Wales act passed

Answer 41

2014

Question 42

When was the Welsh devolution referendum?

Answer 42

2011

Question 43

What did the Wales act 2014 do?

Answer 43

DEvolve stamp duty business rates and landfill tax

Question 44

What was the Calman Commission? What conclusion did they come to?

Answer 44

Review the terma of 1998 SCot act and recommend changes
Conclusion: devolution is a success but that SCot should have greater financial powers + responsibilities

Question 45

When was the Calmen Commission established?

Answer 45

2008

Question 46

When was the Scotland Act

Answer 46

2012

Question 47

What was the Scotland act

Answer 47

-Gave scot parliament power to raise/lower income tax by 10p in the pound
-Devolved control of stamp duty, land tax and landfill tax ab ability to boroww to 2.2 B per year