Constitutional reform (not devolution)

In 1997, how many peers were there?

1,330

In 1997 the majority of peers were _____, rather than appointed for their services to the nation.

hereditary

Blair reduced the hereditary peers to __ members, who are replaced upon an elected system from eligible families.

92

In ____, HOLAC was established to nominate a small proportion of _____ ___ peers, and to vet Prime Ministerial appointments?

• 2000

• cross bench

What proportion of recommendations for peerages are of party donors?

25%

Johnson appointed Evgeny Lebedev the owner of the _____ ____ and _____ who was the son of a KGB officer despite HOLAC’s advising against it.

• Evening Standard

• Independent

The HoL has ___ members, making it the _____ largest parliamentary chamber in the world, and since it has no fixed limit on its membership, it could increase further

• 829

• second

Name one appointment to the HoL by Johnson that was uncontested:

Kenneth Clarke

Despite promising to abolish the chamber, how many peers did Blair appoint in 10 years?

374

What bill did Starmer introduce in 2024 for HoL reform?

House of Lords (hereditary peers) Bill

What Act allowed life peers to resign or be removed if they fail to attend?

2014 House of Lords Reform Act

In the 8 years after the House of Lords Reform Act (2014) how many peers had been removed?

8

In 2021, the turnout for Police and Crime Commissioners in _____ was only __%

• Wiltshire

• 16%

In ____, ____ ___ MP was recalled under the Recall of MPs Act following his __ week suspension from the commons for sexual misconduct and Bullying.

• 2023

• Peter Bone

• 10

David Cameron called the AV electoral system “ undemocratic, ____, ____ and ____

obscure, unfair and crazy

In ____ an E-petition demanding another election received _ ______ votes, and was debated in parliament but firmly rejected by Starmer.

• 2025

• 3 milllion

When was the Fixed term parliaments act repealed?

2022

After 9/11, Blair suspended Article _ of the HRA, which protected _____ _____

• 5

• habeas corpus

Some articles of the HRA cannot be suspended, such as Article _ , the right to ___, and Article _ , which is the right not to be ____

• 2

• life

• 3

• Tortured

The Belmarsh case found the government had inflringed Article __ of the HRA by treating foreign terror suspects differently.

12

After the Belmarsh Case, the government passed the ____ ___ ____ Act (____) to create ____ ____ which restricted the freedom of movement for all terror suspects

• Prevention of Terrorism

• 2005

• control orders