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=== The Coalition and Constitutional Reform 2010-15 ===
Coalition governments inevitably involve a degree of compromise.

Only 5 can be seen as worthy of more detailed consideration.

'''''Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011'''''

Established a pattern of fixed general elections every 5 yrs.

removed the PM's ability to call an election at an advantageous time.

'''''Scotland Act 2012'''''

Gave the Scottish government the power to vary income tax up or down y 10 pence in the pound and devolved further powers to the Scottish Parliament.

Allowed the Scottish government to borrow up to 2.2B per annum.

'''''Protection of Freedoms Act 2012'''''

Offered citizens greater protection from the state

By putting in place proper scrutiny of the security services and oversight of surveillance and data collection.

'''''House of Lords Reform Act 2014'''''

aimed at halting the inexorable increase in the number of those eligible to sit and vote in the Lords

by giving existing peers the right to retire or resign

it also allowed peers to be removed as a result of serious criminal offences or non-attendance

54 peers had resigned under the terms of the Act by 2016

with a further 4 removed as a result of non-attendance

'''''Wales Act 2014'''''

UKGOV's response to the Silk Commission's recommendations on further devolution to Wales

transferred control of some smaller taxes to devolved institutions in Wales

put in place a mechanism by which devolution of other lower-level taxes could be developed with the approval of Westminster

provided the legal framework required for a Welsh referendum on the partial devolution of income tax

symbolically changed the name of the Welsh executive from the Welsh Assembly Government to the Welsh Government.