Westminster/Parliament

The House of Lords has only defeated the government over SIs __ times.

6

After HoL defeated Osbornes SI Tax credit cuts, the government sett up a review: which contemplated “…”

removing the HoL from the SI procedure altogether

In the 2019-21 session, _____ statutory instruments were proposed by the government, with __ being debated and none being rejected, or ammended.

• 1390

• 8

__% of Secondary Instruments are negative, meaning thta they do not need to be approved by parliament.

80%

In (___), SIs were used to change the Uks climate reduction target.

2019

Delegated Legislation Committee debates last an average of __ minutes, meaning that any debate is impossible.

26

The ___ ____ _____ Committee in the House of Lords is perhaps the only element of real scrutiny of SIs.

Secondary Legislation Scrutiny

How many labour MPs voted against the whip to vote against the Invasion of Iraq?

139

During the oe coalition there were rebellions on __% of votes, but the government only suffered _ defeats.

• 35%

• 2

Although quietly dropped by the Lords, the ____ ____ Act (2020) contained articles that would have, according to ___ ____ Minister, ‘broken international law in a ____ and _____ way”

• Internal Markets Act

• Northern Ireland

• specific and limited

When __ Tory MPs rebelled over covid pass plans, Johnson had to rely on opposition votes, as his majority was only __s

• 99

• 80

Only __ lib-dem MPs rebelled over the tuition fee vote, showing a weak lack of scrutiny.

24

Only __ Tory MPs rebelled against the Rwanda Plan, despite it being rejected by the courts and the majority of Britons not having confidence that it would be effective.

11

The House of Commons ____ unit employs __ staff, mainly lawyers and constitutional experts in order to strengthen the Commons’ voice against the executive.

• scrutiny

• 30