Edexcel A level politics UK government evidence, UK Government Case Studies, Paper 2 evidence bank Mark Scheme June 2023

Edexcel A level politics UK government evidence, UK Government Case Studies, Paper 2 evidence bank Mark Scheme June 2023 Give an example of convention law The salisbury convention Give an example of ill thought out legislation Dangerous Dogs Act 1991- didn't consider cross-breeds Give an example of the uk constitution being flexible Coronavirus Emergency Act 2020 Terror Act 2006- after 7/7 bombing, banned glorification of terror, restricting free speech Give an example of the ambiguity of the constitution as a weakness? Unclear as to whether johnson could prorogue parliament Give an example of failed attempts to further devolve England? 2004 North East referendum rejected devolution by 78% Give an example of House of Lords reform under new labour House of Lords Act 1999- reducer Hereditary peers to 92 HoL appointments commission established- nominate some Life Peers How many life peers did blair appoint? 203 Give an example of the HRA being used Laporte Case 2006- Article 8 (right to private life) and article 10 (freedom of expression) used to show police acted illegally stopping 120 anti-iraq protestors Give an example of Parliament overriding the HRA Belmarsh Case 2004- Govt suspended Article 5 (right to liberty) to keep terrorist suspects in custody without charge Give an example of elective dictatorship between 1997 and 2005 Blair was undefeated in Parliament 121 labour mps voted against iraq war but it still passed due to 179 seat maj 2019 tories got 56% of seats but only 43.6% of vote What prompted the AV referendum? the Jenkins Commission Report 1998 Turnout and result of AV referendum? 42% TO 68% against AV Result and TO of each devolution ref Scotland 1997 TO: 60.4% Result: 74.3% yes Wales 1997 TO: 50.2% Result: 50.3% yes NI 1998 (good friday agreement) TO: 81.1% Result: 71.1% How does tax varying power differ in each devolved assembly? Scotland: vary income tax rates and bands (Scotland Act 2016), previously up to 10p (Scotland Act 2012) Wales: control over 10p share of income tax NI: no tax varying power