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Which term refers to MPs who are not part of the government?
Back-bench MPs
Which term refers to bills introduced by MPs who are not in the government (Back-bench MPs)?
Private Member Bills
Which term refers to parliamentary votes where MPs do not have to follow the "party whip"?
Free Votes
Name the final woman to be executed in the UJK (+year of election):
Ruth Ellis
(
1955
)
Which back-bench MP abolish the death penalty?
Sydney Silverman
Which act suspended capital punishment, and when was this made permanent?
Murder
Act (
1965
),
Permanent
from
1969
Before 1969, what was the only reason a person could get divorced?
Adultery
Which act legalised divorce provided the government had spent time apart?
Divorce Reform
Act (
1969
)
Which term refers to an abortion carried out illegally by a non-professional?
Backstreet Abortion
Which Liberal MP campaigned for the legalisation of abortion?
David Steel
Which medical disaster led to babies being born with deformities?
Thalidomide Disaster
Which act legalised abortion under certain circumstances?
Abortion
Act (
1967
)
Name a pressure group that supported legalising abortion?
Abortion Law Reform Association
(ALRA)
Name a pressure group that opposed legalising abortion:
Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child
(SPUC)
Which government report had advocated the decriminalisation of private homosexual relationships?
Wolfenden Report
(
1957
)
Which back-bench MP had campaigned to decriminalise homosexuality?
Leo Abse
Which act decriminalised private homosexual relationships between consenting adults over the age of 21?
Sexual Offences
Act (1967)
Who served as Minister for Education (1965-67)?
Tony Crosland
Which organisations were responsible for providing education?
Local Education Authorities
(
LEAs
)
In which memo did Crosland advocate abandoning the "tripartite system" of education?
Circular 10/65
Which secondary schools would provide education to all children regardless of ability?
Comprehensive Schools
Which grammar schools continued to operate until 1976?
Direct Grant Schools
Which report advocated for an expansion of higher education?
Robbins Report
(
1963
)
Before the 1960s which institutions had dominated higher education?
Oxbridge
and
Redbrick
Universities
Which new types of universities were introduced in the 1960s?
Polytechnics
and "
new universities
"
Which high education institution offered distanced learning?
Open Universities
Which Arts Minister is considered the architect of Open Universities?
Jennie Lee