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AQA A-Level Politics 7152
The Nature and Sources of the British Constitution
The Structure and Role of Parliament
The Prime Minister and Cabinet
The UK Judiciary
Devolution
Democracy and Participation
Topic overviewDemocracy, Legitimacy and Direct DemocracyDirect and Representative Democracy ComparedThe Reform Acts of 1832 to 1884 and the ChartistsSuffragists and SuffragettesWho Can Vote Today, and Votes at 16Forms of Political ParticipationTurnout, Apathy and Proposals for ReformPartisan and Class Dealignment
Elections and Referendums
Topic overviewMajoritarian and Proportional SystemsThe Additional Member System, STV and Other SystemsThe 1945 and 1979 General ElectionsThe 1997 and 2010 General ElectionsModels of Voting BehaviourLeadership, Manifestos, Campaigns and the MediaThe Nature and Use of ReferendumsRegulating Referendums, and the Case For and Against
Political Parties in the UK
Pressure Groups in the UK
The UK and the European Union
The Constitutional Framework of US Government
Congress
The US Presidency
The US Supreme Court
US Elections and Direct Democracy
Topic overviewCongressional Elections and Electoral College VotesThe Electoral CollegeThe Invisible Primary, Primaries and CaucusesSuper Tuesday, Momentum and DelegatesWhat Decides a US ElectionCampaign Finance RegulationParty Coalitions and Voting BehaviourRealignment, Dealignment, Split-Ticket Voting and TurnoutDirect Democracy at State Level
Political Parties in the USA
Pressure Groups in the USA
Civil Rights in the USA
Comparative Politics: Theoretical Approaches
Constitutions and Legislatures Compared
The Executives Compared
The Judiciaries Compared
Electoral and Party Systems Compared
Pressure Groups Compared
Civil Rights Compared
Liberalism
Conservatism
Socialism
NationalismIdeology
FeminismIdeology
MulticulturalismIdeology
AnarchismIdeology
The Structure and Role of Parliament
The Passage of a Public Bill
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- Paper 1
Overview
Recall questions on public and private members' bills, each stage of a bill from first reading to royal assent, ping-pong, money bills and the Salisbury Convention, and delegated legislation and its scrutiny.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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What happens at committee stage?
Key term
What is meant by 'ping-pong'?
Process
Outline what happens at first reading and committee stage, and the convention limiting the Lords.
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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What is a public bill?
Model answer
A bill that changes the general law and applies to the population as a whole.
- 2
What is a private member's bill?
Model answer
A bill introduced by a backbench MP or a peer rather than by the government.
- 3
Name the three routes by which a backbencher can introduce a bill in the Commons.
Model answer
The annual ballot, the ten-minute rule and presentation.
- 4
Why do so few private members' bills become law?
Model answer
They get very little parliamentary time and can easily be talked out or blocked unless the government chooses to support them.
- 5
List the Commons stages of a public bill in order.
Model answer
First reading, second reading, committee stage, report stage and third reading.
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What happens at first reading?
Model answer
The bill's title is formally announced and it is printed; there is no debate and no vote.
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