Sources of the UK constitution by richard jones https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op Government and Politics Unit 2 en-us 2016-09-30 07:43:01 UTC 2016-09-30 08:38:59 UTC hello@padlet.com http://tinyurl.com/hl9exyt richard_james_jones https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op/wish/127455003 2016-09-30 07:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op/wish/127455003 Ben Longmore - Constitutional Reform Act 2005 https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op/wish/127458357 The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 allows for a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom to take over the role of the pre-existing Law Lords, removes the functions of the House of Lords Speaker and Head of Judiciary of England and Wales from the Office of Lords Chancellor.

The reform was created due to the concerns that historical legislation, judicial, and executive power would not conform correctly the the ECHR (European Convention on Human Rights). 

It brought about the establishment of the Supreme Court and states that justices of the Supreme Court are appointed for life and are required to be impartial.]]> 2016-09-30 08:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op/wish/127458357 Eleanor Murray - Parliament Act 1911 https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op/wish/127458892 The Parliament Act 1911 sought to remove the power from the House of Lords to reject financial bills and delaying public bills. The Act was passed by the House of Lords by a 131 - 114 vote in August 1911. ]]> 2016-09-30 08:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op/wish/127458892 European Community Act 1972 - Joe https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op/wish/127459342 This was the act of parliament which legislated the UK to join the EC, aspects of this included joining the single market, European coal and steel community and the European atomic energy community 
It was also a stamp of approval for EU law to be enforced in the UK, which effectively took away the UKs sovereignty 
These EU laws will in theory no longer apply in the UK after brexit ]]> 2016-09-30 08:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op/wish/127459342 Molly - House of Lords Act 1999 https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op/wish/127459918 After Labours election victory in 1997, the party began its plan to make the House of Lords more democratic and representative - the first stage of which was the removal of the hereditary element whereby peers were removed from their automatic right to sit and vote in the house. This was achieved by the 1999 House of Lords Act. The House of Lords Act was debated in the House of Commons and passed by a majority of 340 in March 1999, but experienced stronger opposition in the Lords.
Eventually, a compromise was reached - known as the "Weatherill amendment" - whereby 92 hereditary Peers were allowed to remain in the House of Lords on a temporary basis until "second stage" proposals were agreed. The Act reduced membership from 1,330 to 669 mainly life peers. 

]]> 2016-09-30 08:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op/wish/127459918 Niall Harrison- 1949 Parliment act https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op/wish/127460456 This act saw the labour party elected in 1949 take on the upper house (lords). The contentious issue was Clemennt Attlees post war government nationalisation programme. In particilar lablour feared that the lords would block their steel and iron bills. Labour sought to lower the lords power by reducing the time that the house could delay bills from 3 sessions over 2 years to 2 sessions over 1. This saw the parliment bill passed in 1947 but would take until december 1949 to be given royal assent ]]> 2016-09-30 08:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op/wish/127460456 Freedom of Information Act (2000) - Radek Wójcik https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op/wish/127460885 The Freedom of Information Act (2000)
This act was passed on in 2000 by the UK Parliament which states that the public has a right to know what the public authorities' activities consist of, therefore the public authorities must comply.

Information about their activities can be accessed through either two ways; either the authorities are obliged to publish inofrmation about their activities or the public can simply make a request for information which should be given to them.]]> 2016-09-30 08:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op/wish/127460885  Please fill in the form and follow the instructions richard_james_jones https://padlet.com/richard_james_jones/za5laahsz3op/wish/127461944 Please fill in the form and follow the instructions


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