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GCE MAY 2007 A2, 2 Module 6: UK and the USA, Module 7: UK and the Republic of Ireland -Revised

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ADVANCED General Certificate of Education 2007 Government and Politics Assessment Unit A2 2 Module 6: The Government and Politics of the United Kingdom and the USA (Comparative) Module 7: The Government and Politics of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland (Comparative) A2Q21 assessing [A2Q21] MONDAY 21 MAY, MORNING TIME 1 hour 30 minutes. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number on the Answer Booklet provided. Answer either Section A on Module 6 or Section B on Module 7. Answer all questions from your chosen section. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this paper is 40. Quality of written communication will be assessed in questions 3 and 4. Figures in brackets printed down the right-hand side of pages indicate the marks awarded to each question or part question. ADVICE TO CANDIDATES You are advised to take approximately 20 minutes to study the source material before attempting to answer the questions. You are advised to take account of the marks for each part question in allocating the available examination time. A2Q2S7 3210 You should answer all questions from either Section A or Section B. Section A Module 6: The Government and Politics of the United Kingdom and the USA (Comparative) Source A The Work of the House of Lords Its Role, Functions and Powers Role The House of Lords is the second Chamber of the United Kingdom Parliament. It plays an important part in revising legislation and keeping a check on Government by scrutinising its activities. It complements the work of the Commons, whose members are elected to represent their constituents. Members of the Lords are not elected and are unpaid. The House also has a judicial role. Source: Adapted from: www.parliament.uk Source B Controls on government If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, no controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed, but also oblige it to limit its own powers. A dependence on the people is no doubt the primary control on the government: but experience has shown that other controls are necessary. Source: Adapted from James Madison, quoted in Robert Singh, Governing America: The Politics of a Divided Democracy Oxford University Press, 2003 A2Q2S7 3210 2 Source C Senate moves to give Bush more power to wiretap A bill that expands President Bush s ability to wiretap American phones and conduct other forms of domestic surveillance will likely appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee next Thursday. Senator Feinstein has come out against the new legislation, arguing that it would legalize a policy that amounts to a major expansion of executive power and threatens the constitutional rights of Americans. Source: Adapted from: Brian Beutler, Tuesday, August 29, 2006, www.rawstory.com/ Source D Blair faces huge revolt over Education Bill At least 60 Labour MPs are ready to stage the biggest rebellion of its kind in the party s history, after rejecting an eleventh-hour appeal to back Tony Blair s education reforms. Alan Johnson, the new Education Secretary, failed to convert hardline rebels as he demanded loyalty at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party. Afterwards, Labour Whips accepted that the 52 MPs who voted against the Education Bill on the Second Reading were likely to be joined by about a dozen more at tomorrow s Third Reading vote. This could be the biggest revolt by Labour MPs at this stage of a Bill s progress since the party first came to power in 1924. The largest Third Reading rebellion during Tony Blair s premiership so far was staged by 30 Labour MPs against the Prevention of Terrorism Bill in February last year. Source: Adapted from The Daily Telegraph, 23 May 2006 A2Q2S7 3210 3 [Turn over 1 With reference to Source A, and any other information you have studied, identify and explain two functions of the House of Lords. [6] 2 With reference to Source B, and any other information you have studied, explain what is meant by limited government. [7] 3 With reference to Sources A and C, and any other information you have studied, compare and contrast the scrutinising powers of the Senate and the House of Lords. [12] 4 The British Prime Minister enjoys much greater legislative freedom than the American President. Discuss with reference to Sources C and D and any other information you have studied. [15] A2Q2S7 3210 4 Section B Module 7: The Government and Politics of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (Comparative) Source A Bunreacht na hEireann Article 28 The Government shall consist of not less than seven and not more than fifteen members . . . The Government shall meet and act as a collective authority and shall be collectively responsible for Departments of State . . . The Taoiseach shall nominate a member of the Government to be the Tanaiste . . . The Taoiseach may at any time, for reasons which to him seem sufficient, request a member of the Government to resign. Source: Bunreacht na hEireann, 1937 Source B Blair faces huge revolt over Education Bill At least 60 Labour MPs are ready to stage the biggest rebellion of its kind in the party s history, after rejecting an eleventh-hour appeal to back Tony Blair s education reforms. Alan Johnson, the new Education Secretary, failed to convert hardline rebels as he demanded loyalty at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party. Afterwards, Labour Whips accepted that the 52 MPs who voted against the Education Bill on the Second Reading were likely to be joined by about a dozen more at tomorrow s Third Reading vote. This could be the biggest revolt by Labour MPs at this stage of a Bill s progress since the party first came to power in 1924. The largest Third Reading rebellion during Tony Blair s premiership so far was staged by 30 Labour MPs against the Prevention of Terrorism Bill in February last year. Source: Adapted from The Daily Telegraph, 23 May 2006 A2Q2S7 3210 5 [Turn over Source C Committee scrutiny of the executive The Fianna Fail-Labour coalition in 1993 revived the idea of a much more extensive committee system. Most assessments of the expanded committee system saw clear benefits. It improved executive accountability by compelling policy makers to justify the decisions they had made. The committees provided the Oireachtas with well researched ammunition with which to pester the executive. Most governments have not been keen to see an effective system emerge. Government ministers, like everyone else, would prefer not to have to work under close scrutiny. Opposition frontbenchers would like to see the government on the rack, but they look forward to being in government themselves one day. Source: Adapted from: John Coakley and Michael Gallagher, Politics in the Republic of Ireland, PSAI Press 1996 pp.140 1 Source D Extract has been removed due to copyright. A2Q2S7 3210 6 1 With reference to Source B and any other information you have studied, identify and explain two stages in the progress of a Parliamentary Bill. [6] 2 With reference to Source A and any other information you have studied, explain what is meant by the term collective responsibility. [7] 3 With reference to Sources A and D and any other information you have studied, compare and contrast the control exercised by the Prime Minister and Taoiseach over their cabinet colleagues. [12] 4 With reference to Sources B and C and any other information you have studied, assess the extent to which Parliament and the Oireachtas are under executive control. [15] THIS IS THE END OF THE QUESTION PAPER A2Q2S7 3210 7 Permission to reproduce all copyright material has been applied for. In some cases, efforts to contact copyright holders may have been unsuccessful and CCEA will be happy to rectify any omissions of acknowledgement in future if notified. SP (NF) T34957

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