Politics- Functions of Parliament

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What is Legitimation?
Making legislations legitimate
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What is scrutiny?
The function of scrutinising proposed legislation which is carried out by legislative committees
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What is opposiition?
Opposite parties that force justification of policies
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When do the government become accountable to the people?
At election times
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Why is accountability so important?
forces ministers to justify polices.
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what is ' question to ministers' a form of?
Accountability
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what does 'question to ministers' do?
Make ministers appear regularly in house of commons to face questions from MPs.
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What do select committees do?
They have the power to question and cross-examine
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What happens in debates on legislations?
Every proposed piece of legislation must be fully debated at least twice
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