level: Level 1
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Level 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| English Votes For English Laws | 2015 |
| Devolution to cities/areas? | Cornwall, Manchester, Liverpool |
| First Scotland Act | 1998 |
| Second Scotland Act | 2016 |
| First Government of Wales Act | 1998 |
| Second Government of Wales Act | 2014 |
| Good Friday Agreement | 1998 |
| Last Irish Power Collapse | 2002 (reinstated in 2007) |
| 2017 SNP Vote Share | 3% of votes but 34 seats |
| 2017 Lib Dem Vote Share | 7% of vote but only 12 seats |
| The Constitutional Reform Act | 2005 (created Supreme Court) |
| Human Rights Act | 1998 |
| Powers Of The Commons | Approve the budget + finance bills, law making powers, select committees and can remove the government. |
| The Parliament Act | 1949, gives Lords power to delay bills up to one year |
| The Salisbury Convention | Lords cannot oppose manifesto bills |
| Prime Minister removed by no confidence in 1979 | James Callaghan |
| Legislative Process | First Reading (viewed) Second Reading (debated) Committee Stage (Public Bill Committee) Report Stage (make and approve amendments) Third Reading (Lord amendments, vote) Royal Assent |
| Strathclyde Review 2015 | Lords should not be able to stop secondary legislation rather, ask to rethink |
| Finance Parliament Act | 1911 |
| Time Lords stopped secondary bill | Tax Credits Regulations 2015 Act |
| ping-pong | exchange of amendments made by Lords and Commons |