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The current solution to the West Lothian Question, established in 2015, in which legislation affecting England alone requires a majority support from English MP's to pass
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English Votes for English Laws
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That, changes to which, requires widespread popular support such as via a referendum, and being in the long-term interests of the country
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Constitution
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An act that reduced the number of hereditary peers in the House of Lords to 92, elected by all hereditary peers, and allowed those peers not in the House of Lords to sit in the House of Commons
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1999 House of Lords Act
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The function of the House of Commons to hold government accountable and to scrutinise government and legislation such as through Select Committees or Prime Minister's Question Time
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Political function
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A constitution written in a single document at a particular time laying out laws that are clearly distinguishable from non-constitutional laws
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Codified Constitution
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The feature of being capable of any act
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Omnicompetence
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An act that empowered the House of Lords to suspend or expel members for certain conduct, as of yet never used
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2015 House of Lords Act
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That which is composed of; statute law, common law, constitutional convention, authoritative works, treaties, and customs and tradition
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Constitution
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A short-term parliamentary committee convened to study a bill and return it to the House of Commons with or without recommended changes
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Legislative Committee
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The function of the House of Commons to bring matters to government attention, express the views of Parliament, and to inform, and keep matters of public concern before the electorate
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Informative function
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Seldom successful bills presented to Parliament by individual or groups of MP's or peers, with seven being selected in a ballot at the start of the year guaranteeing them at least one reading
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Private Member's Bills
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A set of rules defining the limits within which government powers can be legitimately exercised
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Constitution
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An act that restricted the ability of the House of Lords to delay bills for more than one year
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1949 Parliament Act
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The year in which Departmental Select Committees were introduced
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1979
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The year in which Southern Ireland became practically independent as the Irish Free State, becoming the fully independent Irish Republic in 1937
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1922
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The way in which MP's and peers cannot; be sued or prosecuted for libel or slander for any actions taken within the Palace of Westminster, and both houses regulate their members' conduct via the parliamentary commissioner for standards, the speakers, and the committees on conduct
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Parliamentary privilege
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One in which the legislature is composed of one chamber
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Unicameral System
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Where a (devolved) government can pass its own laws that will be enforced within their territory
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Legislative Powers
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A 2005 act that replaced the House of Lords Appeal Court with the Supreme Court
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Constitutional Reform Act
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Those three quarters of MP's without ministerial or shadow positions
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Backbenchers
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