UK Government: 2.1.2.1 New LAB Constitutional reforms

Question 1

When did New LAB win their landslide?

Answer 1

1997

Question 2

What was the majority New LAB won?

Answer 2

179

Question 3

What was Blair’s ideology

Answer 3

Renewed social democratic ideology

Question 4

How many years of Conservative Government did the New LAB movement end?

Answer 4

13 years

Question 5

What was the name of the 1997 manifesto?

Answer 5

Because Britain deserves better

Question 6

What constitutional changes to New LAB 1997 manifesto promise?

Answer 6

• Fully elected upper chamber
  -Proportional system of elections
  -State funding of political parties
  -Devolution to areas of the UK
  -Individual rights and protection
  -Referendums on major constitutional reforms

Question 7

What 4 categories does New LABs’ constitutional reform fit into?

Answer 7

-Democratise
-Devolution
-Modernisation
-Rights

Question 8

What % of the vote did New LAB win? and what % of seats did they get?

Answer 8

64% of seats
43% of vote

Question 9

Define Democratisation.

Answer 9

The process of enhancing democratic systems

Question 10

What new voting systems/referendums did New LAB NOT bring in?

Answer 10

+ Reffernedums promised on electoral reform in the UK and joining the Euro
+ 1998 Report commissioned By Lord Jenkins recommends a new voting system GE ( called AV plus)

Question 11

What is the Electoral Commission?

Answer 11

-Set up by PPERA in 2000 the EC is an independent body that would regulate party finance and provide oversight to elections.
-Was brought under gove control in 2022

Question 12

Define devolution.

Answer 12

The movement of power away form Westminster

Question 13

When was there a devolution referendum in Scotland?

Answer 13

1997

Question 14

What was the outcome of the devolution referendum in Scotland?

Answer 14

74% in favour of the Scotland Act (1998)

Question 15

When was there a devolution referendum in Wales?

Answer 15

1997

Question 16

What was the outcome of the devolution referendum in Wales?

Answer 16

50.3% Wales Act passed (1998)

Question 17

When was there a devolution referendum in Northern Ireland?

Answer 17

1998

Question 18

What was the outcome of the devolution referendum in Northern Ireland?

Answer 18

71% voting in favour of the Good Friday Agreement and the Northern Ireland Act 1998 passed

Question 19

When was there a devolution referendum in London?

Answer 19

1998

Question 20

What was the outcome of the devolution referendum in London?

Answer 20

After 72% voting in favour of the Greater London Authority, Act 1999 is passed

Question 21

What did the Greater London Authority, Act 1999 create?

Answer 21

Creates a London assembly and a directly elected Mayor of London

Question 22

Where was devolution rejected

Answer 22

North East England

Question 23

When was there a devolution referendum in North East England?

Answer 23

2004

Question 24

What was the outcome of the devolution referendum in North East England?

Answer 24

78% voted no

Question 25

Define Modernisation

Answer 25

Updating within government

Question 26

When was the HoL Act passed?

Answer 26

1999

Question 27

What was the HoL Act?

Answer 27

Removed all but 92 hereditary peers ( now 91). To win their seat these peers are elected from a register

Question 28

Modernisation-What reforms did LAB introduce to PMQs

Answer 28

Moved to Wednesday 12:00 from 15:00 on Monday and Thursday

Question 29

What were the benefits of changing the time of PMQs

Answer 29

- to lunch to when people are more likely to engage - Less time of PM is allocated PMQs as it's only once a week

Question 30

Modernisation-What reforms did LAB introduce for backbenchers?

Answer 30

additional debates in Westminster Hall to facilitate back-bench debate

Question 31

What reforms did LAB introduce in terms of changing working hours?

Answer 31

Introduce family-friendly sitting hours

Question 32

Analysis: family-friendly sitting hours

Answer 32

-> Increase representation and make commons more representative

Question 33

Analysis: additional debates in Westminster Hall to facilitate back-bench debate

Answer 33

More democratic debate, even when there isn't timetabling for it in the commons

Question 34

Modernisation- What was the Constitutional Reform Act?

Answer 34

Judiciary Reform Act formally separating judiciary from the legislature

Question 35

When was the Constitutional Reform Act?

Answer 35

2005

Question 36

When was the UK Supreme Court created?

Answer 36

2009

Question 37

What did the creation of the Supreme court end?

Answer 37

The tradition of Law Lords removed the traditional powers of the Lord Chancellor and created the Judicial Appointments Commission

Question 38

Define rights

Answer 38

the privileges and prohibitions each individual has

Question 39

Rights: When was the Human Rights act passed?

Answer 39

1998

Question 40

What is the Human Rights Act?

Answer 40

-Brought the provision of the European Convention of human rights on Human Rights into UK law -This made it easier to challenge breaches of people's human rights- this could be done in UK court rather than ECHR in Strasbourg

Question 41

When was the Freedom of Information Act passed?

Answer 41

2000

Question 42

What did the Freedom of Information Act do?

Answer 42

Give individuals the right to request information from public bodies

Question 43

When was the Equality Act passed?

Answer 43

2010

Question 44

What did the Equality Act do?

Answer 44

Passes under Brown this would consolidate earlier anti-discrimination laws

Question 45

Currently what are polls on Scottish independence

Answer 45

54% adults against