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INFLUENCES ON PARLIAMENT (Pressure groups (Examples: (Greenpeace, NFU…
INFLUENCES ON PARLIAMENT
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The media
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When reading things in the media, you are taking the information in mind and potentially being influenced without knowing.
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Lobbyists
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People who meet MP's in the Lobbies of Parliament in order to persuade them to support their cause often by asking questions in Parliament.
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A group of individuals trying to persuade someone in Parliament to support a particular policy or campaign.
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Law Commission
Full time body that consists of a chairman who is a High Court judge and four other law commissioners who are highly qualified lawyers. The law commission was set up in 1965 by the Law Commissions Act 1965.
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The Lord Chancellor can refer topics to the commission on behalf of the the Government or the Commission can select a topic and ask the Government for approved. The law commission researches the law and publishes the consultation paper. It will state: The Law / The problems within it / The proposals for reform.
Examples:
Corporate manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. Made corporations and criminally liable for deaths caused by their working practices.
Consumer Rights Act 2015- Gives consumers the legal right to reject faulty good and the right to a refund if they act within a reasonable time.
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Pressure groups
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Advantages
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Considerable expertise on their issue, as a results any law enacted as a result of pressure group should benefit from extensive background knowledge.
Disadvantages
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Some influential pressure groups may only represent a small section of society and may be successful