Edexcel Politics 3. The Constitution and Parliament

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The appointment of supporters to positions of authority - as with partisan life peerages - regardless of qualifications or merit

The percentage of Northern Ireland that was Catholic in the 2011 census

The feature of being capable of any act

The administration that was suspended in 1972 and abolished in 1973 as a result of 'The Troubles' and near total unionist domination

That which interviews those people who appear on a shortlist in order to determine the official party candidate of a constituency

An act that reduced the number of hereditary peers in the House of Lords to 92, elected by all hereditary peers, and allowed those peers not in the House of Lords to sit in the House of Commons

The largest non-government party in the House of Commons

Where a (devolved) government holds the powers to implement and administer laws as well as to organise state services

Where a constitution is safeguarded from arbitrary, easy, and short-term changes by future governments or legislatures, with change requiring more difficult to reach parameters

A committee of backbench MP's established in 2010 which chooses topics for televised parliamentary debate on 35 Tuesdays per session from those proposed by MP's or by public petitions

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Where a (devolved) government can raise its own funds in addition to those it receives from central government

A constitution in which sovereignty lies in one single place such as in the UK Parliament

The number of significant Select Committees in the House of Lords

A system in which the legislature is composed of two chambers

A decision made by a public vote, causing entrenchment of the issue within the political system

The region of England for which a 2004 referendum on devolution saw a large 78% no vote

A set of rules defining the limits within which government powers can be legitimately exercised

The way in which MP's and peers cannot; be sued or prosecuted for libel or slander for any actions taken within the Palace of Westminster, and both houses regulate their members' conduct via the parliamentary commissioner for standards, the speakers, and the committees on conduct

Where the three branches of government have separate powers and can control each other's behaviour

An act that empowered the House of Lords to suspend or expel members for certain conduct, as of yet never used