Effective

• Parliament questions can help ensure accountability such as PMQS and urgent question since they require the PM to attend and answer questions with short notice
• United opposition can provide effective scrutiny and force changes in gov policy as in 2009 the opposition defeated the gov on the issue of whether Nepalese Gurkha doodlers should have the right in residence in the UK it utilised it’s supply days
• House of Lords

  • More effective at scrutinising the government due to the absence of the conservative majority
  • Crossbenchers hold the balance of power in the chamber
  • Between 2017 and 2019, the government suffered 69 defeats in the House of Lords
• Minority government

  Relying on confidence and supply deals, likely to face increased scrutiny, as it will find it difficult to win over enough MPs from opposing parties to win a majority in any given vote

  
  

  Passing of the Benn Act in 2019

  Required the government to seek an extension to Brexit if no deal on the UK's future relationship with the EU could be reached by the initial deadline to leave on 31 October