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Edexcel Politics 3. The Constitution and Parliament

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A type of constitution criticised for being unclear, and placing few limits on executive power or Parliamentary sovereignty, threatening rights and freedoms
Uncodified Constitution
An act that restricted the ability of the House of Lords to delay bills for more than one year
1949 Parliament Act
The number of defeats suffered by the House of Commons and House of Lords respectively by Labour from 1997 to 2010
7 and 400
The percentage of the Northern Irish Catholic population that supported reunification with the Republic of Ireland after the 2016 EU Membership Referendum
22%
An act that ended the power of the House of Lords to block Money Bills and restricted its ability to delay bills for more than two years, made as a result of the House of Lords breaking convention and throwing out Lloyd George's 'People's Budget' in 1909
1911 Parliament Act
An act that gave Scotland greater devolved powers than most sub-national European governments, 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
2016 Scotland Act
Those - often partisan - peers who engage regularly and actively in the House of Lords, sometimes being members of government of the opposition front bench
Working peers
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
Private Member's Bills
The function of the House of Lords to scrutinise and improve bills through the Committee Stage
Political function
The length of time between the passing of a Money Bill in the House of Commons and its becoming law regardless of whether or not the House of Lords supports it
One Month
The most rebellious post-war Parliament and government in a pattern of increasingly rebellious Parliaments and governments
2010 - 15 coalition
Where the three branches of government have separate powers and can control each other's behaviour
Separation of powers
The partly elected body based at the Palace of Westminster that forms the legislature
Parliament
Where all rights of self-government except national issues such as defence and foreign policy are given over, while still allowing the central authority to intervene and add or revoke powers where necessary
Home Rule
A set of rules defining the limits within which government powers can be legitimately exercised
Constitution
Where a (devolved) government holds the powers to implement and administer laws as well as to organise state services
Administrative Powers
The system by which increases or decreases in departmental funding affecting England determines the size of block grants to the devolved governments, controversial for assigning funding relatively and according to population rather than by need
Barnett Formula
Where a constitution is safeguarded from arbitrary, easy, and short-term changes by future governments or legislatures, with change requiring more difficult to reach parameters
Entrenchment
A mix of both Private and Public Bill that affects the general public but also has a significant impact on specific individuals or groups such as the HS2 Bill and Channel Tunnel Bills
Hybrid Bills
That which interviews those people who appear on a shortlist in order to determine the official party candidate of a constituency
Local Party Constituency Committee
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