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Parliament - Coggle Diagram
Parliament
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Functions of lords
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Select committees: European Affairs Committee, Constitution Committee
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Functions of commons
Legitimation (eg budget, war)
Legislation (Shops Bill 1986, EU withdrawal agreement 2018)
Scrutiny: public bill committees, select committees, Liaison Committee
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The legislative process: different stages of a bill, salisbury convention
Private Members Bills (ballot, Ten Minute Rule, presentation): British Sign Language Act (2022), Shark Fins Act (2023), House of Lords Reform Act (2014)
Six stages of a bill: First Reading, Second Reading, Committee Stage, Report Stage, Third Reading/Transfer (ping pong), Royal Assent
Salisbury Convention: (what it is, suspended)
The ways in which Parliament interacts with the Executive: backbenchers, parliamentary privilege
Backbenchers important: constituents, Backbench Business Committee, urgent questions, dismiss the government, no CMR, revolts
Backbenchers not important: whips, ignore select committees, Public Bill Committees, government majority
Parliamentary privilege: Peter Hain, Sir Philip Green (2018)
Backbenchers, opposition, pmqs
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Opposition: hold government to account, counter arguments/policies (non-doms), government in waiting (Opposition Days), scrutiny (ministers’ questions)
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