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Edexcel Politics 3. The Constitution and Parliament

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That devolved administration 25% of those polled in January 2020 stated they would vote to abolish, though 21% also said they would vote for full independence
Welsh Assembly
A type of constitution supported for its flexibility and pragmatism
Uncodified Constitution
The seventh and final stage of the legislative process in which the Monarch grants assent to the bill, practically as a formality
Royal Assent
The House in which question time involves questions being asked of the government as a whole rather than individual departments
House of Lords
A document drafted by a government department to change an existing law
Statutory Instrument
The year in which Departmental Select Committees were introduced
1979
An act that devolved further powers to the Welsh Assembly (to be renamed the Welsh Senedd/Parliament in 2020), prevented Westminster from intervening in devolved areas without consent, and recognised the permanence of devolved institutions in which powers could only be overturned by a referendum
2017 Wales Act
Where a (devolved) government can raise its own funds in addition to those it receives from central government
Financial Powers
A chamber the principal purpose of which is to prevent too much power accumulating in the first chamber
Second chamber
The percentage of the Northern Irish Catholic population that supported reunification with the Republic of Ireland after the 2016 EU Membership Referendum
22%
Where the House of Commons or a party or parties within it back the government and approve public expenditure
Confidence and Supply
The oldest Select Committee in the House of Commons and perhaps the most influential, responsible for scrutinising the value for money - economy, efficiency, and effectiveness - of public spending and the collection of taxes, with the chair always being from the opposition party, producing unanimous, non-partisan reports
Public Accounts Committee
An act that devolved further powers to Scotland along the lines of the Calman Commission report
2012 Scotland Act
Where a (devolved) government can pass its own laws that will be enforced within their territory
Legislative Powers
What Parliamentary sovereignty is often said to truly be as a result of the UK's party system
Majority Party Sovereignty
The sixth stage of the legislative process in which the bill is passed to whichever house it didn't originate in which will then follow the same legislative procedure as has been undertaken in the initial house
Transfer
The hour on Mondays to Thursdays in which ministers must answer 'oral' and written questions relating to their government department
Ministerial Question Time
A 2005 act that replaced the House of Lords Appeal Court with the Supreme Court
Constitutional Reform Act
The twenty days per year in which debates are held on issues determined by the opposition
Opposition days
The non-partisan MP who presides over and decides who speaks in debates in the House of Commons, maintains order and helps organise parliamentary business
Speaker
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