Parliament

Question 1

When was devolution given to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?

Answer 1

1998

Question 2

How much money did Parliament grant Scotland for 2022-2023?

Answer 2

£56 billion

Question 3

What was NI granted in 2010?

Answer 3

Their own criminal justice system

Question 4

What system of devolution was introduced by the coalition government (2010-2015)?

Answer 4

Metro Mayors

Question 5

What was an issue with metro mayors?

Answer 5

9 of the 12 intended cities rejected the idea of having a metro mayor

Question 6

State two successes of devolution

Answer 6

Stopped the breakup of the UK
Peace in NI for more than 20 years

Question 7

State two failures of devolution

Answer 7

Scottish independence has increased dramatically
Turnout in devolved assembly’s are low

Question 8

What has the voter turnout been for Senedd elections (Welsh parliament)?

Answer 8

No Senedd election has reached over 50% of the electorate

Question 9

What was the voter turnout for the 2003 Senedd elections?

Answer 9

38%

Question 10

How many Lords did Cameron appoint to parliament from 2010 onwards?

Answer 10

295

Question 11

What is unique about UK parliament?

Answer 11

Fusion of powers

Question 12

What does fusion of powers look like in the UK?

Answer 12

The executive sits in the legislature (HOC)

Question 13

What three parts make up Parliament?

Answer 13

The executive
The legislature
The monarchy

Question 14

What is a confidence and supply agreement?

Answer 14

Used in the instance of a minority government, another party will support the largest one in order to form a government

Question 15

What are the two functions of Parliament?

Answer 15

Legislating
Debating

Question 16

How do Parliament legislate?

Answer 16

Both houses review and scrutinise the laws that the government wish to pass. They are generally expected to pass them

Question 17

How do parliament debate?

Answer 17

Debates offer a way to hold the executive to account and scrutinise the governments ideas

Question 18

Name an example of when an emergency debate was used

Answer 18

An emergency debate followed after the phone-hacking scandal in 2006 in which the royal family’s phones were hacked by newspapers

Question 19

What are two issues with representation of parliament?

Answer 19

Parliament membership does not represent the UK
HOL are unelected

Question 20

How many MP’s were of an ethnic minority in 2019?

Answer 20

66

Question 21

How has social media increased representation?

Answer 21

More direct contact between MP’s and constituencies

Question 22

How has coalition caused representation to fail?

Answer 22

Lib-Dem’s in 2015 voted with the conservatives to raise tuition fees despite promising to abolish them

Question 23

What is legitimation?

Answer 23

The idea that all legislation must be approved by Parliament

Question 24

Why is legitimation a good thing?

Answer 24

Makes laws through the will of the people

Question 25

Name three features of the house of commons?

Answer 25

Veto legislation Constituency representation Reject legislation

Question 26

Name three features of the house of lords?

Answer 26

Delay legislation for a year amend legislation but this needs approval from the commons experts in specific fields

Question 27

Name a piece of legislation that the Lords changed?

Answer 27

Removed article 4 of the public order bill which would have removed certain protest tactics such as road blocks

Question 28

Name a Lord who is currently an MP

Answer 28

Lord Krebs who specialises in zoology

Question 29

What has increased the House of Lords' power?

Answer 29

removal of life peers has given it more legitimacy

Question 30

How many EU withdrawal bills did the HOL defeat?

Answer 30

14 in 2018

Question 31

Name a piece of controversial legislation that the Lords have defeated the government over?

Answer 31

2012 welfare reform act

Question 32

Name a bill that the Lords delayed for a year but was ultimately passed

Answer 32

2004 fox hunting act

Question 33

What is the Salisbury Convention?

Answer 33

Constitutional rule that prevents the HOL from blocking government manifesto bills

Question 34

Name three ways parliamentary scrutiny is carried out

Answer 34

Questioning Select committees Legislative committees

Question 35

How was questioning effectively used by Jeremy Corbyn?

Answer 35

Corbyn as opposition leader used PMQs to overturn the welfare state reforms

Question 36

What is a select committee?

Answer 36

committees that scrutinise specific government departments

Question 37

Name a success of a select committee?

Answer 37

2013 public account committee heavily criticised Amazon, Starbucks and Google for avoiding tax

Question 38

What is the traditional role of backbench MP's?

Answer 38

to simply follow the way in which their party votes

Question 39

What has increased backbencher independence?

Answer 39

need for constituency representation and involvement in select committees

Question 40

What limits backbench power?

Answer 40

Whips which encourage party votes by enticing MP's with rewards such as trips or promotions

Question 41

How many years has Stormont served given that parliament has shut it down three times?

Answer 41

16 years of its 25 year life span

Question 42

How did Sadiq Kahn respond to the BLM riots?

Answer 42

Ordered the review of statues and street names in order to make sure there were no race implications

Question 43

What is section 35 of the 1998 Scotland act?

Answer 43

Allows for the UK Parliament to halt Scottish bills

Question 44

When has section 35 been used by Parliament?

Answer 44

Stop the gender recognition bill in 2022

Question 45

What was the voter turn out for the 2014 Scottish referendum?

Answer 45

85%

Question 46

When was the constitutional reform that removed the HOL power to veto government bills?

Answer 46

1911

Question 47

What is the significance of Sarah Champion and the vote to leave the EU?

Answer 47

She voted against her personal belief of remain in order to honour her constituencies vote of leave

Question 48

What bill did Gordon Brown drop in 2008 following defeats from the HOL?

Answer 48

Terrorist tension bill