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