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46 Cards in this Set
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What type of law does Parliament make? |
Acts Legislation Statutes |
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What is the opposition? |
MP's who are not a part of the government. |
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What does the speaker do? |
They are the chair of the House of Commons. |
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What is an Hereditary peer? |
It is when people can inherit the titles of their parent. |
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Where is Parliament? |
Westminster |
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What colour are the seats in the House of Commons? |
Green |
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Who can vote in elections? |
Anyone who is over 18 but they can electoral enrol at the age of 16 |
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What role does the Queen play in law making? |
She gives Royal Assent, which is the final part of law making. She is also the orders in council |
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Who forms the government? |
The party with the most MP's |
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What is a life peer? |
Anyone who has their title for their lifetime. |
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What do we call the area represented by an MP. |
Constinuency |
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Who is in the Cabinate? |
Ministers |
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What colour are the seats in House of Lords? |
Red - red dye was more expensive than green dye. |
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How are MP's chosen? |
Elections which is where the public give them their power. |
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Who is the Prime Minister? |
Leader of the Majority party. |
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What is an MP? |
A member of parliament. |
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Do judges sit in the House of Lords? |
Yes but hey don't take part in law making. |
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What is the Cabinate? |
40 Memberes who are government ministers |
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What is the Big Ben? |
It's a bell |
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Define Parliamentary Sovereignty |
It makes Parliament the supreme legal authority in the UK, which can create, change or end any law. |
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Define Codification |
The action or process of arranging laws or rules according to a system or plan. |
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Define legislation |
law |
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Define consolidation |
A law that combines existing laws relating to a particular subject.
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Define pre legislative process |
Detail examination of an early draft of a bill. It is where the government will produce a document called the green paper and any interested parties will make a comment on the law. |
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Define Embedded Act |
It means that there are two Houses in Parliament |
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What is Parliament? |
Parliament is made up of the House of Commons, House of Lords and the Queen |
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Who is the House of Commons? |
They are the 646 elected Members of Parliament |
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Who are the House of Lords? |
There are approximately 720 un-elected members and most of them are appointed for life |
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How does the Queen get her power? |
Through hereditary monarch |
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What does Parliament do? |
Parliament is responsible for making and changing the laws of the United Kingdom and for checking (scrutinising) the work of the Government |
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Why do we need Parliament? |
We live in a democratic country, which means that we have all the say in how the country is run by electing MPs to represent our views in the HC. The HL are experts and independent members who help compliment the work of hte HC. |
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What is the differences between the Government and Parliament? |
The Government run the country and Parliament is to check the Government is doing their job effectively and correctly. |
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What are the different stages of law making? |
Bill is drafted - First reading in the HC - Second Reading in the HC - Committee stage - Report Stage - Their REading in the HC - Same procedure follows in the HL (but in committee stage, all members are included) - Ping Pong stage - Royal assent |
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What are Bills? |
It is the proposed piece of the Act that has already been drafted and it will become an Act of Parliament if it successfully past through all of the stages in Parliament. |
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What are the different kinds of Bill? |
Public Bills Private Bills Private Members' Bills |
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What are Public Bills? |
They involve matters that will affect the whole or most of the country. Most Government Bills are in this section such as the Legal Services Act 2007. |
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What are Private Bills? |
They are Bills that are produced to pass law on certain individual or coporations. For example, the Whitehaven Harbour Act 2007 |
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What are Private Member's Bills? |
Bills propsed by individual MPs. They get less parliamentary time. |
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Describe the First Reading |
This is a formal procedure where the name and main aims of the Bill are read out. There is usually no discussion taking place at this stage. They will arrange dates for future readings. |
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Describe the Second Reading |
This gives a chance for the HC to have a main debate on the Bill. They will usually focus on the main principles rather than the smaller details. Anyone who wishes to speak must catch the speaker's eye. The HC will have to vote on the Bill and the Bill will go through to the next stage if the majority are in favour of it. |
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Describe the Committee Stage |
It is where the detail examination will take place by experts and interest groups. Amendments can be made to the Bill. |
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Describe the Report Stage |
It is where the committee report back the amendments that they've made to the Bill so if there is no amendments made at the Committee Stage then there wouldn't be a need for the Report Stage. The amendments will then be discussed by the HC who can reject or accept or they can make further amendments. |
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Describe the Third Reading |
It is the final chance to discus the content of the Bill and gives them a final chance to vote on the Bill. |
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Describe what happens when the Bill goes to the House of Lords |
It goes through the same 5 stages. They can also amend the Bills. |
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What would happen if the House of Lords amend the Bill? |
It will have to go through a Ping Pong stage where both Houses will pass the Bill between them until they can agree on the exact wording. If it goes on for too long then the House of Commons can take over do to Parliamentary Sovereignty. |
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Describe Royal Assent |
It is where the Monarch gives approval to the Bill and then it becomes and Act of Parliament. Under the Royal Assent Act 1967, the Monarch will even have the text of the Bills, just the short title of it. |
