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parliament (paper 2) Flashcards

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what are frontbenchers?

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members of government - ministers, junior ministers etc,or shadow ministers
responsible for policy creation (for opps more creating alternaties/ providing scrutiny)

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what are backbenchers?

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no position in cabinet, mostly for scrutiny

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what is the role of the whip?

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at the start of the week produce the whip - 1 line = vote how you want, 2 line = preferable to attend and vote with party, 3 line = must attend and vote with party
whip convinces people with rewards e.g promotion or punishment e.g being put on unpopular committee

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what are the 3 types of peers?

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hereditary, life, spiritual

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how many spiritual peers

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26

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life peers have security of ?

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tenure

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how many hereditary peers?

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92

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why do whips have less influence in the lords?

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cross benchers, life/ hereditary don’t fear whips because of security of tenure

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parliament is a ? legislature

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bicameral

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how many mps in parliament?

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650

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how many opposition days are there?

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20

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what is the role of the official opposition?

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-holding gov accountable
-government in waiting
-defend interests of groups in society
-control parl business in 20 opposition days (ee.g rashfords free school meals 2020

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in 2019 how many mps had the whip removed for backing a a motion to take parl control away from gov to prevent no deal brexit?

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21

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why did lee anderson have the whip removed and what does it show about the whip?

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said sadiq khan was controlled by islamists, shows that whip have no power without pm bc of hesitation

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why did kate osamor have the whip removed?

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said gaza should be remembered as a genocide on holocaust memorial day

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what happened with hoyle and the snp?

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snps opposition day but hoyle put a labour motion for ceasefire first, said it was an MP securtiy risk, snp and conservatives walk out

17
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what happened with bercow and brexit?

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trying to block no deal brexit purposely, resigned after brexit

18
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how many peers are currently in the house?

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792 - 2nd largest unelected chamber

19
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how many peers are male and how many peers are female?

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male - 561, women - 231

20
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what is private bill?

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-bills usually regarding local issues, debated by select committees not the whole house, not often heard about/ very significant

21
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what is a private members bill?

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backbenchers will put one forward, 20 dram, first 7 introduced, often ignored and need a certain number of mps to turn up and debate, easily blocked by a single mp shouting oppose - incredibly difficult to pass and make into law

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what is a public bill?

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-presented by government
-preceded by a white paper summarising bill
-debate is held at white paper stage, if serious concerns are raised gov may drop bill

23
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what are all the stages of a bill?

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preparatory stages (white paper or green paper)
first reading (no debate)
second reading (debated and scrutinised)
committe stage (public bill committees scrutinise, most amendments made here)
report stage (public bill committee reports back to house and vote on all proposed amendments)
third reading (final version is presented and debated in the commons followed by a vote)
house of lords stage (if lords suggest amendments must go back to commons - parliamentary pingpong e.g rwanda)
royal assent

24
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what was yvette coopers private members bill 2019?

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eu withdrawal act 2019, extensions made to the eu withdrawal deadline, repealed by 2nd act where they left eu

25
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what does the hoc have that the hol doesnt?

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-supreme legislatvie power
-apporving gov budgets
-deoartmental select committees
-being held accountable by electorate
-legitimising gov legislation
-votes of no confidnece

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what does the hol have that the commons doesnt?

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-cannot delay bills over one year
-cannot delay money bills
-greater independence
-question time where lords question gov ministers
-legislative committees
-more time
-some powers must have consent of both houses

27
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which bills have had to be passed overlooking the lords?

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-european parliamentary elections act 1999
-sexual offences amendment act 2000 (age of consent for gay men lowered to 16)
-hunting act 2004 (cant hunt foxes with a pack of hounds)

28
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how many tory backbenchers threatened rebellion over the online safety bill jan 2023?

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50

29
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how many votes did blair lose from 1997 to 2005?

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0

30
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mays brexit deal was rejected by how many (largest defeat for any pm in jan 2019)

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230

31
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how many times was the 2010 coalition defeated?

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only 7 times over 5 years

32
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from 2017 to 2019 how many times did the lords defeat the gov

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69

33
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from 2019 to 2021 out of 2000 amendments tabled by lords how many made it through

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197

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