Scrunity U.K. (Learning)

Question 1

House of Lords Point

Answer 1

The House of Lords is the second chamber of Westminster and is made up of peers who are not elected by the general public who check and scrutinise bills passed in the Houses of Commons. Also they cannot veto bills.

Question 2

HofLs K brackets ineffective

Answer 2

In 2018 the House of Lords’ amendment to the counter terrorise and border control bill (was rejected by Government.)

Question 3

HofLs Point Balance

Answer 3

They may not be able to veto bills but peers can delay bills for up to a year which some would argue gives too much powers to these unelected peers.

Question 4

HofLs Balance k

Answer 4

2018- Theresa May (PM and Conservative) added 13 new peers to increase Conservative influence in House of Lords.

Question 5

HoL Eval

Answer 5

Not Effective

Question 6

Votes in the Houses of Commons Point

Answer 6

The 650 MPs in the Houses of Commons get to vote on bills in Parliament. You need more Ayes than Nos for a bill to be passed and if there are the same amount of Ayes and Nos then the speaker votes with the Government.

Question 7

Votes k

Answer 7

In January 2019 Theresa May failed to win the support of MP’s for her Brexit deal. MPs rejected her Brexit deal by a resounding majority of 230.

Question 8

Votes Balance k

Answer 8

2019 21 Conservative MPs were removed by the party whip for rebelling against the Conservative party by supporting a bill to block a no deal Brexit

Question 9

Votes Balance Point

Answer 9

However parties can use the party whip to pressure their MPs to vote in their favour and if they don’t they lose their party membership

Question 10

Votes Eval

Answer 10

Still Effective

Question 11

Committees Point

Answer 11

Select Committees are made up of many MPs or MSPs or members of the House of Lords from different parties who get the opportunity to investigate issues outside of government departments.

Question 12

Committees K

Answer 12

In 2021 a Committee spent an entire day questioning the First Minister and her Government’s handling of the harassment investigation into Alex Salmond. After apparently wasting lots of taxpayer’s money,

Question 13

Committees Boost point

Answer 13

Peers and MPs can work together in a committee and Peers have a lot of time to spend in committees so can be a valuable part of the team.

Question 14

Committees boost k

Answer 14

The Human Rights Committee is made up of Peers and MPs who scrutinise every government bill passed to see if it affects human rights.

Question 15

Committees eval

Answer 15

Most effective

Question 16

Committees balance

Answer 16

Point- People in power can say they forgot key info in inquiries and it’s impossible to prove if this is true

K-People including Douglas Ross accused Nicola Sturgeon of avoiding difficult questions in inquiry of Scottish Gov handing of Alex Salmond harassment investigation