influences of parliment

• who makes law - media - law commission - poltical parties - general public
• poltical influence - political parties publish manifestos - tell the constituents what they want to do
• eg political influence - get brexit done - bring rights home
• influence of media - create public opinion of a subject
• example of media opinion - sarahs law - firearms act - dangerous dogs
• pressure groups - two types
• sectional - represent interests of particular groups
• cause - promote a cause
• example of pressure groups - greenpeace - league against cruel sports
• lobbyists - individual tries to persuade someone in parliment to support a particular policy
• law commission - full time advisory body - refered by lord chancellor
• codification - bring together the law
• repeal - identify old acts that are no longer used
• pros political influence - gov has majoirty so normally passes
• political cons - will jsut be repealed by new gov
• media pro - opinion influenced by events - uk has a free press
• media cons - knee jerk reactions - media manipulates public opinion
• pressure groups pro - can raise issues of concernt - large party sizes
• pressure groups cons - conflicting groups - public may not support
• law commission pro - researched by legal experts
• law commission cons - doesn't have to listen to lc
• lobbyists pro - used by anyone - bring to attention of mps
• lobbyists cons - can abuse power - buy lobbyists