Statistics for Constitutional changes post 1997

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
All but how many hereditary peers were removed in 1997?	92	100%
What electoral system did the government call a refurrendum on?	Alternative vote	100%
New Labour worked with the pressure group ______ __ who wanted more open democracy and a stronger garuntees of citizens rights.	Charter 88	100%
What was the Conservative party's answer to the question Labour couldn't answer?	EVEL	100%
What act incorperated the european convention on human rights into UK statute law?	Human rights act	100%
One of the extra powers Scotland gained from devolution was the right to set its own rate of _____ ___	Income tax	100%
Before the creation of the supreme court, what were the senior judges known as?	Law lords	100%
Most peers were now ____ _____	Life peers	100%
The coalition reformed the commons by ensuring that chairs of House of Commons select committees were to be chosen by who?	MP's	100%
In which UK country was there most pressure for change?	Scotland	100%
Where did they sit?	The house of Lords	100%
Where was demand for devolution weakest?	Wales	100%
The anomaly that scottish MP's at Westminster were able to vote on purely English matters yet English MP's could not vote on purely scottish issues was called the what?	West Lothian Question	100%
What percentage of constituants are required to sign a petition inorder to trigger a by-election if an MP refuses to step down?	10	0%
What percentage of people voted against this?	68	0%
During the coalition, a rebellion of 91 backbench Conservative MP's blocked what change?	Elected house of Lords	0%
Electoral reform was introduced in each of the devolved bodies and in the ________ __________ elections	European parliament	0%
What was the name of the act that set government terms at 5 years?	Fixed term parliaments act	0%
When Tony Blair's government entered number 10 there were demands for _____________	Modernisation	0%
What act introduced this rule?	Recall of MPs act	0%
In return the liberal democrats blocked a proposed reduction of the number of what?	Seats in the house of commons	0%
What major event was the first backbench business committee debate on?	The Hillsborough disaster	0%