UK PARLIAMENT Flashcards
(30 cards)
Key roles and strucutres of parliament
front vs backbenchers
650 mps in the hoc therre are front benchers, whoa re either a govenremnt mnister or shadow callminister
backbenchers are neither and sit in the rows behind
what ar eparty whips
whips are member whose role it is to enforce party disipline , and ensure members of the party vote the way that leaders want, party whips use the carrot and stick method to promise or reward mps if they are good or bad
what is leader of oppostions role
their role is to take a stnsce on issue and to scrutines the governing party to account they put together a shadow cabinet of spokseprson to mirror the cabinnet and the official oppsiotn therefore is presented as a governement in wiating
key details on the hol
not elected so cant claim democratic legitimacy the hol is made up of 800 members 92 of whom are hridiatry most are life eers
what are life peers and explain there role aswell as heritory
life peers are appointed by the pm and leader of oppostion and they were inrroduced after the 1958 lif epeprage act , cra in 1992 aswell as r5he house of lord reform act got rid of all but 92 of them, they can cliam great democratic legitmacy as they have output leigimacy and are experts in their fields such as hord hogan howe hormer head of metro police , they can no weffecitcely crutines bills
what are corssvnehcers
memebers of hol not affilated with a political party
summarise the history of the HOLS power
before 1911 they could rjecta ny ho bill and in 1911 parilment act it was made so they could only block two years befor eparliament coul dignore , 1949 parilwmnrt act ruedced to 1 year
HOL primary fucntion
scutinse and try and improve the output leigitmacy of bills passed
what isn salisbury conventio
intorued to state that the hol cant gvote on matters stated in th epartys manifesto
how can the utput lgitimacy of life peers be evalutated
borris johnson appointed his brotehr and peter cruddas aswel hwihc was an event of cghronism dissparoved by the hol appountment committe
what are govenrmentbills and what are private mmbers bills
bills instroucded by the overnemnt inside of parliament an pm bils are introcuded by mps or lords rather than governemnt, these rarelty get through as th ovnrement has amajirity
what are stages of leiglsative process
first rrding by relevent inister
seocnd reading and vote for next stage
public bill committee cosnidred y a commite set up to scrutinese it
report stage the ill and any aendenets are suggested
third reading it is voted on then transfered to the other camber
royal assent the monarch signs it
how does parliemt scrutinise
mostely takes palce thorugh commites n edition to bpublic bill commitess alrho these are innefective
what are select commitees
commites of backbenchers who nvestigte the govtds work most have a specific govt dept on whihc the yfocus eg health and socila care commitee , education select commitee etc have 11 mmebers and they can question ministers
public accounts commite
a stndalone selct commite tht assesses wether the uk taxpayer is getting a good value fo rmoney then to enhcnace ths the chairt is from oppsotion party
laison commitee
a satdnalone commite whichs job is to be msde up of the chair of ll other select commitessto question the pm yeire a year
hocs exclusive powers
to pass and talk about monetary billsd taxes and budgets the hol should refrin onvoting on these
to remoe yhe govt through a vonc
to veto or reject any leglisationa d overrule the one year rule
reprsent the issues of the people
hols exclusove powers
to delay non money years from being talked about for a year
propose ill amemdneemnts
however they cant actually vote on non money bills and they dont repereny the views of consittuients
What is a backbencher
Mp that is not on cabinet or shadow
What is parliamentary privallege
The convetnion and law tjat mps are protected by law from being sued for libel of what they cant and cant say alloweing them to cjallange the govt without fear of presuction and essential convention for the workings of our democracy
How is the jnflunce of backbenchers limited in terms of important of timetable
35 days a year to bbbc
20 tocleader of opposition
13 dirdays for private menbers bills commies
Size of govts majority
Govt with large majority will be able to steangle the backbenchers poeer such as blair
When a govt has a low majorirty it is not very popular so back benchers feel no need to behave and will go agaisnt the party
How do public bill commites affect the backbenchers
In thoery they grt the chance to review govt legislation and shggest s m ammdneet
However on these bills the vot has a majority and its whips make them behave meaning they are just lobby fodder
How is the rsie of urgetn questions significsnt
Under speaker bercrow and lindsey hptle more influence is apprent and bercrow allowed 3457 urgetn wuestions more than double his predesocr
