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Edexcel Politics 3. The Constitution and Parliament

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The so-called first English Parliament with Commons representation in the form of burgesses, that sat it 1265
Simon de Montfort's Parliament
Where a (devolved) government can raise its own funds in addition to those it receives from central government
Financial Powers
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 seventh and final stage of the legislative process in which the Monarch grants assent to the bill, practically as a formality
Royal Assent
A small-scale form of devolution in which legislative, executive, or advisory powers are given to an intermediate authority between the central and local authorities
Regionalism
That which is undermined by its subservience to EU law, the process of devolution, and the growing use of referendums
Parliamentary Sovereignty
Those peers - often hereditary - whose attendance in the House of Lords is irregular
Part-time politicians
Where Parliament is the source of all political power which it can delegate and restore to itself at will, allowing it to legislate without restriction, though not to bind or be bound by any future or previous Parliament
Legal Parliamentary Sovereignty
An act that enhanced the devolved powers of the Welsh Assembly and made further devolution easier
2006 Government of Wales Act
Where the House of Commons or a party or parties within it back the government and approve public expenditure
Confidence and Supply
An unwritten rule which is considered binding even though it is not law
Constitutional convention
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
English Votes for English Laws
A system that commonly arises where multiple separate states unify into a single state
Federal System
The year in which Departmental Select Committees were introduced
1979
The issue arising from devolution that meant Scottish MP's could vote on matters affecting England alone but not vice versa
West Lothian Question
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
Those parliamentarians who instruct MP's on parliamentary business as well as required attendance and voting, approve absences, and enforce party discipline
Whips
An act that devolved powers over health, education, roads and public transport, and police and local authority services to a new Scottish Parliament, while also allowing it to vary income tax rates by 3%
1998 Scotland Act
That which is composed of; statute law, common law, constitutional convention, authoritative works, treaties, and customs and tradition
Constitution
The function of the House of Commons to represent parties, pressure groups, and constituents, consenting to laws or decisions on behalf of the people
Representative function
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