Devolution

Question 1

What is devolution?

Question 2

Roughly describe the road to devolution.

Question 3

Describe the devolution referendums that took place in 1979.

Question 4

Describe the Devolution referendums that took place in 1997.

Question 5

State 2 ways how devolution had happened in England.

Question 6

Why has there not been much devolution in England?

Question 7

Describe how regional devolution has happened.

Question 8

State the 7 metro regions.

Question 9

Who is the London Mayor?

Answer 9

Sadiq Khan.

Question 10

Describe how city devolution has developed.

Question 11

Explain the arguments for cities being given more independent power.

Question 12

Explain the arguments against cities being given more independent power.

Question 13

Describe the turnout + results in the Scottish 1997 referendum.

Question 14

State 6 main powers of the Scotland Act.
Explain them

Question 15

When was the first Scottish parliament elected?

Answer 15

1999

Question 16

Describe the turnout + results of the Scottish independence referendum.

Question 17

Why was the Scotland act passed?

Question 18

Describe the measures implemented in the Scotland Act 2016

Question 19

Why did leaving the EU destabilise the Scottish situation?

Question 20

What is administrative devolution?

Question 21

What is Legislative devolution?

Question 22

What is fiscal devolution?

Question 23

What is devo - max?

Question 24

What were the turnout / results of the Welsh devolution referendum in 1997?

Question 25

Why were considerably fewer powers devolved to Wales than in Scotland?

Question 26

What type of devolution did the 1998 Wales Act grant Wales?

Question 27

State 5 main areas of government devolved to Wales in the 1998 Wales act.

Question 28

What was passed in 2014 regarding Wales + devolution?

Answer 28

The government of Wales act 2014

Question 29

Why were further powers granted to Wales in 2014?

Question 30

What was the turnout + results of the 2011 referendum on welsh devolution?

Question 31

Name 3 provisions the silk commission and the government of wales act included.

Question 32

Explain 3 key provisions of the government of Wales act 2017

Question 33

What was the Belfast agreement? (1998)

Question 34

Why did Northern Ireland employ the electoral system STV?

Question 35

State 5 powers devolved to NI as part of the Belfast agreement.

Question 36

Why was the NI assembly dissolved in 2002? How long was it dissolved for?

Question 37

Why did problems with the NI assembly emerge in 2017? What were the consequences?

Question 38

State 3 differences between Scotland and Wales that devolution has caused.

Question 39

State 3 differences between Scotland and NI that devolution has caused.

Question 40

State 3 differences between NI and Wales that devolution has caused.

Question 41

Describe the differences between the 3 nations on the Covid - 19 Pandemic.

Question 42

Evaluate whether or not devolution has been successful.