Nature and Sources of UK Constitution

An uncodified constitution is also described as being...

• Entrenched

• Judicial

• Flexible

• Rigid

In the UK Constitution supreme power is in the hands of a single source. This mean that the constitution is...

• entrenched

• federal

• unitary

• revolutionary

In the UK constitution supreme power (or sovereignty) is held by...

• the Queen

• the people

• the Prime Minister

• Parliament

Magna Carta is a UK constitutional document. It was signed by which King?

• Richard I

• Henry VIII

• James II

• John

What did the Parliament Act of 1911 & 1949 establish?

• The House of Lords power to veto government bills

• The Queen's power to veto government bills

• Votes for women

• The democratic legitimacy of Parliament (by asserting the primacy of the House of Commons over the House of Lords)

The Rule of Law means that...

• MPs are above the law.

• laws apply equally to every citizen; nobody is above the law.

• the Queen is above the law.

• bills only become law when they are signed by the monarch.

Statute Laws are those laws that are...

• based on decisions made by judges.

• traditions and customs that have developed over centuries.

• treaties made with foreign powers.

• laws passed by Parliament.

The Scotland Act of 1998 established what in Scotland?

• Independence

• Devolution

• Sovereignty

• Federalism

Under which convention is the House of Lords NOT allowed to oppose legislation that was in the winning party's manifesto?

• Sainsbury

• Salisbury

• Shrewsbury

• Shropshire

Which of the following is an example of an authoritative work (and therefore part of the UK constitution)

• A.V. Dicey

• William Baggot

• JK Rowling

• The works of John Bercow