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The UK Constitution - Coggle Diagram
The UK Constitution
The role and powers of devolved bodies in the UK, and the impact of this devolution on the UK.
Devolution in England.
Scottish Parliament and Government.
Welsh Assembly and Government.
Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive.
Nature & sources of the UK constitution
An overview of the development of the Constitution through key historical documents
Magna Carta 1215
Bill of Rights 1689
Act of Settlement 1701
Acts of Union 1707
Parliament Acts 1911 & 1949
The nature of the UK Constitution: unentrenched, uncodified and unitary, and the ‘twin pillars’ of parliamentary sovereignty and the rule of law
The five main sources of the UK Constitution: statute law; common law; conventions; authoritative works, and treaties.
How the constitution has changed since 1997.
Under Labour 1997–2010: House of Lords reforms, electoral reform; devolution; Human Rights Act 1998; and the Supreme Court.
Under the Coalition 2010–15: Fixed Term Parliaments, Act 2011; further devolution to Wales.
Any major reforms undertaken by governments since 2015, including further devolution to Scotland (in the context of the Scottish Referendum).
Debates on further reform.
An overview of the extent to which the individual reforms since 1997 listed in section 1.2 above should be taken further.
The extent to which devolution should be extended in England.
Whether the UK constitution should be changed to be entrenched and codified, including a bill of rights.