Constitution Flashcards
(19 cards)
6 labour constitutional changes from 1997-2010?
House of lords reform
Judicial reform
Electoral reform
Voting reform
Devolution
Human rights act
Where did judicial reform occur under in the constitution?
In the constitutional reform act 2005
What are 4 key house of lords reforms?
Removal of all but 92 hereditary peers
Life peerage
HOL appointment commission
Role of Lord chancellor (separate from judicial role)
What are 2 powers of the devolved bodies?
Barnett formula and sewel convention
What is the Sewel convention?
UK parliament wont make laws on devolved region issues
(broken with EU withdrawal act)
What is the Barnett formula?
Determines funding for devolved regions
Public spending is 15/20% higher than in England
Who and when was devolution introduced?
Blair 1998
What was the new mayor system under the constitutional reforms act 2005?
Greater london authority act
What % of 16-17 yeat olds voted on the scottish independence referendum?
25%
How many individuals voted in the EU referendum?
33 million voters
How did David Cameron benefit from the EU referendum
He had a split cabinet with ‘stays and leaves’
What does EEC stand for?
European Economic Community
What was the EEC referendum 1975?
whether the country should remain a member of the European Economic Community (EU)
What % of voters voted yes in the EEC?
67%
What undermined the sewel convention?
2020 Internal markets act under leaving the EU
Took back fishing and agriculture regulations
What system is used to elect mayors?
SV
Example of select committees being weak?
2018, DCMS Committee
Called Zuckerberg over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but he didnt attend.
Example of CMR being broken under May
Boris Johnson, as Foreign Secretary, publicly criticized her Chequers Brexit plan
“suicide vest around the British constitution,”
He didnt resign
What did the Wales act 2017 do?
Gave the senedd full control of income tax rates
