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GCSE Citizenship Studies · key term
Careful examination of government decisions, actions and proposals.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 1
Careful examination of decisions, actions or proposals, including Parliament's examination of the government's work.
Revise: Branches of Government and MonarchyBoth chambers debate and examine bills, and both can make amendments, meaning changes to their wording. This gives a proposal more than one round of scrutiny before it becomes law.
Careful examination of government decisions, policies and performance.
Do not assume that criticism automatically changes government policy: explain how scrutiny exposes weaknesses and creates pressure for improvement.
When explaining scrutiny, give its purpose: detailed examination can identify problems and lead to amendments before a bill becomes law.
When assessing scrutiny, connect each method to its effect and a limitation: questions demand explanations, committees investigate in detail, but criticism does not automatically produce a policy change.
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Careful examination of proposals, decisions or actions to identify weaknesses and test their justification.
Paper 1, Paper 2
Detailed examination and questioning of policies, proposed laws or government actions.
Revise: The Westminster ParliamentParliamentary scrutiny and independent courts help place limits on executive power.
Detailed examination of a proposal, including questioning its wording and likely effects to identify problems.
Careful examination of decisions, claims and actions to check whether they are justified and supported by evidence.
