Devolution wales - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Evaluate how far the power of the executive has been undermined by constitutional reforms since 1997 PARA 1 - P1 - P1 - devolution Blair, as part of his democratising reforms, enabled referendums to be held on devolving legislative powers to Scotland, Wales and NI. This has undermined the power of the executive by granting other assemblies powers that used to be held at westminster. Westminster now has no say on certain areas of legislation in devolved assemblies. 1997 resulted in an overwh...

Evaluate how far an uncodified constitution remains appropriate in modern British political process - 1. flexible so can adapt to modern times - lack of proper restraints means that serious constitutional change can happen without proper regulation 2. effective govt as govt can easily pass legilsation through parliamnent - codified constitution would allow to limit govt more and seperation of powers 3. introducing codification could politicise the judiciary - codified constitution would al...

'Evaluate the view that constitutional reforms in the UK since 1997 have been weak, incomplete and require further change' - P1) No english parliament - The next logical step to devolution would be that there should be an English Parliament - The EVEL created two levels of MPs but it has now been removed - Strong regional identities in Yorkshire, Devon and Cornwall - The North had a devolution referendum in 2004 and 78% of people voted against it - EVEL has been abolished as of 2021 P2)...

Should the UK have a codified constitution? - A codified constitution protects the rights of the people which can easily be taken away by the sovereign parliament (in 2015 the ECHR ruled in favour of the 1000 prisoners who appealed their right to vote, however, the UK government refused to comply) /An un-codified constitution is more flexible and can adapt to change, which is vital as the needs of the country are constantly changing, creating competing rights. Plus, rights in the UK are prot...

evaluate the view that constitutional reforms in the uk since 1997 have been weak, incomplete and require further change (3) - house of lords, human rights act 1998, devolution evaluate the claim that the uk constitutional should be codified (3) - flexibility, strong government, customs evaluate the view that the logical next step after devolution to scotland, wales and northern ireland is devolution of further power to england (2) - asymmetric devolution, local solutions evaluate the clai...

A level UK politics: AQA 1945 Salisbury Convention - Answer-Lords cannot oppose A bill in the Manifesto The Change election - Answer-• The General Election of 1997 was, what is sometimes referred to as, a change election. o A change election exists when a period associated with the dominance of one party ends and a new period begins (such as 1945, 1979 or 1997). o There was not just a minor shift between parties but a landslide victory for Labour. How many seats did labour gain in ...

Devolution solving more problems than it has caused - 1. Greatly increased independence for Wales and Scotland. (in 2016, Scotland Act saw that legislative decisions were transferred directly to Scotland, can now decide speed limits and abortion laws). However many think there is now an imbalance due to England not being devolved. But this can be solved by further devolution, it is not a problem but a next step to take. 2. Reduced Scotland's urgency for independence. Good for rest of UK. (...

Evaluation the extent to which devolution been a success? - . Provided more regional autonomy/ Still centralisation of power (Westminster) . Provides representation/ Unrepresented cultures .Maintains union/ Increasing independence requests Evaluate the view that the logical next step after devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is the devolution of further powers to England? - .England is unproportionally represented/ Englands size and wealth would dominate a federal structure ...

UK Government essay plans 100% PASSED Success of devolution Point 1: Allowed for greater democracy and more effective local representation, with devolved bodies able to respond to the concerns of their electorates - Scotland: the population is more left wing than in the rest of the UK --> led to the election of a left wing SNP government that has introduced policies including free prescription charges, free tuition fees and a higher top rate of income tax than in the rest of the UK - ...

Assess whether direct democracy should be more widely used in the UK (30) - ANS Paragraph 1 - Yes It encourages more political participation bc people themselves chooses Purest form of democracy giving it a high legitimacy This can be seen in Referendums E.g Brexit 2016 Other places like Switzerland uses direct democracy More referendums like Scotland 1997 and Wales 1997 allowed devolution to be created - name keys examples of how this was good E.g having its own electoral system & the whi...