A summary of second year Public Affairs topic "UK, European & Global Institutions"
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Created by Nick Drewe
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What is a constitution?
How is an unwritten constitution referred to?
What are the +/- of an uncodified constitution?
What are the Sources of our constitution?
What are the Principles behind our constitution?
What are statutes?
Give two examples of important, historical statutes with their associated laws.
What is common law?
What are treatises?
What are conventions?
What are International Treaties and what are two examples of International Treaties being incorporated into British Constitution?
What does the Rule of Law come from and what does it entail?
What groups (and titles) are made through The Separation of Powers?
Whose quote is the most fundamental guiding principle of our constitution, what does it refer to, and what its underlying message?
What statute is Parliamentary Sovereignty derived from, and what does the principle constitute?
Describe the principle of Democracy
How does the EU effect our constitution?
What is the difference between a Constitutional Monarchy and an Absolute Monarchy? What do we have in the UK?
What are the Notional Prerogative Powers?
(name five)
What does The Queen have to do after every election?
What actual powers does The Queen still retain?
What ceremonial tasks does The Queen participate in?
What power does The Queen have in the commonwealth?
What law of royal succession did the Queen recently change (and when)?
How is the monarchy currently funded?
How did the monarchy used to be funded and when did it change?
Who form parliament?
Who form government?
What is the government responsible for?
What is the government also known as?
What is parliament also known as?
What is the job of Parliament?
What is a cabinet minister?
What is the role of the PM?
Who can hold the Prime Minster to account?
What bodies represent (a) Labour and (b) the Tories, and what do they do?
Describe Collective Responsibility
Describe Individual Ministerial Responsibility
What is The Civil Service?
What are Special Policy Advisors?
What is the structural makeup of the Civil Service?
What does a Parliamentary Ombudsman do?
What are the three types of Legislation (with brief description)?
What are the three ways to introduce a Private Members Bill (PMB)?
Explain PMB Fridays
Explain the 10 Minute Rule
Explain Presentation Bills
Why are the 10 Minute Rule and Presentation Bills used despite their low chance of success?
If the House of Commons is the first of the Two Chambers, what is the second?
What is the House of Lords also known as, and what do they do?
What are the two types of Lords in the House of Lords?
What issues are there that may cause for a House of Lords reform?
What relationship do the two Houses have with each other?
How is the House of Lords' Lord Speaker appointed and what is their job?
What is the process of creating a bill?
What is the passage of a white paper bill leading to passing?
Explain the Fixed Term Parliaments Act
How does the electoral system work, and what are the +/-?
What are two examples of a Proportional Representation (PR) voting model?
Who make sure the electoral procedure is followed, and refer cases to CPS if electoral law is broken?
Who oversees Local counts and what do they have to do?
What rules surround Journalists at the count?
What are the pre-requisites of voting in a General Election?
Who cannot vote, even if they meet the pre-requisites?
Who can stand as an MP and what rules surround standing?
Who cannot stand as an MP?
What is the basis of the EU's existence?
What agreements and treaties does the EU impose upon the UK?
What event happened when the UK was placed under the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) in 1990 by the EU in preparation for introducing the Euro across Europe?
Why did Britain leave the ERM?
Why did economic migration become a problem?
What is the Democratic Deficit?
What is Devolution?
When did Devolution happen in the UK and what was the result?
What reserved powers does the UK Gov still hold over the entirety of the UK?
What is The West Lothian Question?
Give an example.
What is the Chancellor of the Exchequer responsible for?
Who is currently the Chancellor of the Exchequer?
What is the Chancellor of the Exchequer known as within Government?
What is the purpose of the Budget?
What are the responsibilities of the Bank of England?
What government funded, independent organisation produces economic forecasts for sustainability and budget impact?
What is a recession?
What are the two kinds of taxes?
What is a Consumer Price Index (CPI)?
What is the National Insurance Scheme (NI)?
What government departments are responsible for welfare?
What are the two categories of welfare?
Who can get means-tested benefits?
What is Universal Credit and why was it brought in?
What is a benefit cap?
What are the responsibilities of the Home Office?
Aside from the Home Secretary, what ministers make up the Home Office?
When was the Freedom of Information Act passed and what does it cover?
What is the concept behind FoI?
What statutory time frame is placed on an FoI request?
When will an FoI request be rejected?
Who can you complain to if there is an issue with a FoI request?
When can you complain about an FoI request?
If unsatisfied with an Information Commissioner's decision, who do you make an appeal to and when?
What rules, regulations and practices surround the royal family with regards Freedom of Information?
What does a back bench MP do?
Describe the Whip system
What are the characteristics of an Academy?
