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The Role of Democracy
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- 1CANVASSING:> When people try to persuade others to vote for their party in an election.
- 2MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT:> Person elected to represent a constituency in Parliament.
- 3SPEAKER:> MP elected to act as chairman for debates in HOC.
- 4LOBBY:> Try to persuade MPs to support particular point of view.
> Used to occur in the 'lobby'/ hallway on the way to the Parliament. - 5CABINET:> Group of MPs= head major gov departments.
> Meets weekly= make decision about how gov policy will be carried out. - 6HOUSE OF COMMONS:> Most powerful of the 2 parts of British Parliament.
> Members elected by the public. - 7PRIME MINISTER:> Leader of majority party in HOC + leader of gov.
- 8SECRETARY OF STATE:> MP= in charge of gov department e.g. health/defence.
- 9MINISTER OF STATE:> Assistant to Secretary of State.
- 10SHADOW CABINET:> MPs from main opposition party= 'shadow' MPs=head major gov departments.
- 11ACCOUNTABLE:> If accountable for something then they're responsible for it + have to explain their actions.
- 12PUBLIC CONSULTATION:> Involves asking public about their opinions on changes in law,policies/large-scale developments.
- 13GREEN PAPER:> Puts forward ideas that gov discussed before it starts to develop policies.
- 14WHITE PAPER:> Puts gov policy up for discussion before it becomes law.
- 15OPPOSITION:> Political parties who aren't in power.
- 16CONSTITUENCY:> The area represented by an MP.
- 17PUBLIC OPINION:> The public view.
- 18ACT:> Law passed by parliament.
- 19BILL:> Proposal to change something into law.
- 20GENERAL ELECTION:> An election for new gov- at least every 5yrs in UK.
- 21ADVOCACY:> Arguing on behalf of a particular issue.
- 22THE INFLUENCE OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS;> Aim to look after people + have mission.
> Try to persuade gov to make changes= improve life for people they work with.
> Want to influence public opinion in order to encourage gov to listen. - 23LOCAL AUTHORITIES:> Local councils make decisions for local area.
> Could be a borough, district council, town council etc. - 24THE HOUSE OF LORDS:> Where peers (Lords etc.) sit + debate laws.
- 25MONARCH:> Royal head of state.
- 26HOW ARE LAWS MADE?1) DRAFT BILL
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2) FIRST READING: bill published + presented to HOC
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3) SECOND READING: bill read again debated + vote taken. If majority approves= passed.
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4) COMMITTEE + REPORT STAGES: amendments to bill put forward by MP's. Committee reports amendments to house where they're changed.
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5) THIRD READING: debate again on whole bill with amendments + vote taken. REJECTED/ACCEPTED by MPs.
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6) HOUSE OF LORDS: bill goes to HOL= checks it's a good law + suggests changes (may send it back to HOC).
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7) ROYAL ASSENT: once bill's passed by both houses- goes to King/Queen to be signed.
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8) ACT OF PARLIAMENT: bill becomes law. Process may take days/months.
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- GCSE Social Studies (Power, politics + the media) FlashCards sobre The Role of Democracy, criado por Tasnim Quddus em 26-03-2016.
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