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Devolution Flashcards

1
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What is the name of the Scottish Parliament?

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Holyrood

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2
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Who was First Minister?

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Nicola Sturgeon

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3
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Who is First minister now?

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Hamza Yousaf

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4
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How many Scottish Tories were there under Maggie?

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0

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5
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What is Scotland in control of?

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Agriculture, Education, Environment, Housing, Health, Courts, Local Government, Taxes, Welfare powers

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6
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When were Scottish Powers extended?

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2012 and 2014

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7
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What does Scotland have that other bodies don’t have?

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DEVOMAX

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8
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What is the Northern Irish Assembly called?

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Stormont

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9
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Who are the Republicans?

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Sinn Fein

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10
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Who are the loyalists?

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DUP

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11
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When was the Omagh Bombing?

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1998

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12
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When was the Good Friday agreement?

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1998

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13
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What are transferred powers?

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Powers controlled by the Northern Irish Assembly

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14
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What are reserved powers?

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Remain at Westminster but could be transferred if they wanted them - prisons and civil defence

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15
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What are excepted powers?

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Cannot be moved to Stormont without special laws being made - elections and national defence

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16
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What powers do Northern Ireland have?

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Agriculture, Education, Environment and planning, Health and social services, Local government, Justice, policing and prisons, Control over air passenger duty, Transport, Culture, language and sport

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17
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What was New Labour’s aims?

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Modernisation and decentralisation and democratisation.

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18
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What is Welsh Parliament called?

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Senedd Cymru

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19
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What powers do Wales have?

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Agriculture, Education, Environment and planning, Health and social services, Local government, housing, some control over tax, Transport, language.

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20
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What devolution is there in England?

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Metro mayors

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21
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What is the definition of devolution?

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Devolution is the delegation of power out of the central body to regional sectors of the establishment.

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22
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What describes devolution in England?

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Asymmetric

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23
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What are councils in charge of?

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Recycling and refuse collection.
Planning Rights - different councils have different rules.
Health - masks needed to be worn in St Albans earlier than national imposition - only a recommendation.
Youth groups.
Local transport.

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24
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How many unitary councils are there?

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57

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25
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What are unitary councils?

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Single tier bodies responsible for the full range of local services including education and social care as well as libraries, refuse collection and parks. Found in large towns and cities

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26
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Example of Unitary council?

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Portsmouth and Derby

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27
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How many met boroughs are there?

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36

28
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What is a met borough?

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Single tier bodies that have broadly similar powers to the more recently formed unitary councils.

29
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How many county councils are there?

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25

30
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House many district councils are there?

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188

31
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How many London boroughs are there?

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32

32
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What was the result of the 2004 North East referendum?

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No to devolved body

33
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What is the West Lothian Question?

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Scottish, Welsh and Irish MPs are voting on English laws but English MPs aren’t voting on devolved matters.

34
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How has devolution impacted the constitution?

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Changed the unitary framework to one that has been termed “quasi-federal” - implying that it combines elements of both a unitary state and a federal state.

35
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Where does sovereignty lie in the UK?

A

Westminster

36
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What has risen?

A

Nationalist Parties

37
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What voting system is used in Scotland?

A

AMS

38
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What voting system is used in Wales?

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AMS

39
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What voting system is used in Ireland?

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STV

40
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What is the impact of these voting systems?

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More cross party cooperation - multiparty governance is now the norm not the exception in the regions.

41
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How has devolution impacted pressure groups?

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More access to regional bodies

42
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Example of this?

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Scottish Parliament passed a law banning corporal punishment against children. Consultation document sent out to 12 charities, seven equality organisations, 12 police, legal and human rights bodies and 20 medical profession. Most contributed views - Children 1st were particularly involved in lobbying - focus their energies on where policy is made so they increasingly lobby devolved bodies not just Westminster.

43
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What lead to Irish devolution?

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The Troubles

44
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When was the Scottish Independence referendum?

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2014

45
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What did the 2011 Referendum in Wales do?

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Gave the Assembly power to create primary legislation, in areas like health and agriculture.

46
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What did the March 1973 referendum in Ireland do?

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Referendum on whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom or join the Republic of Ireland (yes to remaining part of the UK).

47
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When was the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement?

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2 May 1998

48
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What would an English parliament do?

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Clear solution to the West Lothian Question

49
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What would an English Parliament allow?

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Greater Representation - different voting systems

50
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What would having an English Parliament out of London do?

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Reduce the prominence of London in politics and media

51
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What is the issue with England being so big?

A

Would be unbalanced

52
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How many members of the Irish Assembly are there?

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90

53
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Which parties are the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister chosen from?

A

Largest and Second largest party

54
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How many ministers are there in the Irish Assembly?

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12

55
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How many members of the Scottish Parliament are there?

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129 - 73 constituency, 56 regional

56
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How many members of the Senedd are there?

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60

57
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Example of corruption?

A

Alex Salmond - 2017

58
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How expensive was Holyrood?

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£414 million to set up

59
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What was passed without legislative consent from any devolved powers?

A

EU Withdrawal Act 2018

60
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What did Scotland pass?

A

Legal Continuity Scotland Bill

61
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What did the Legal Continuity Scotland Bill do?

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Secondary legislation needed consent from Scottish Ministers - challenged and sent to the SC - whether they had the power to enact this on UK parliament - devolution does not affect the power of parliament to make laws.

62
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What did 2020 Internal Markets not get?

A

Devolved consent

63
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What did the Internal Markets Act do?

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Mutual recognition - meet one, acceptable every where.
Non discrimination - milk cant travel 20 miles unlawfully discriminate.

64
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How did the Internal Markets Act undermine devolution?

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Raise local standards but still have to accept goods from other areas.

65
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Examples of this?

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Scotland and Wales ban sales of single use plastic - plastic cutlery in England - has to be sold in Scotland and Wales. Devolved bodies left with less flexibility than they enjoyed in the EU

66
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What do devolved governments play a smaller role in?

A

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

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