The UK Constitution

Match the constitutional events with correct year.

• 1689

• Parliament Acts

• 1215

• Acts of Union

• 2018

• EU Withdrawal Act

• 1707 & 1800

• Magna Carta

• 1911 & 1949

• Bill of Rights

What term is used to describe the fact that UK Constitution is easily amended by a simple act of parliament? (no capital letters required)

(a)  

Match the following sources of the UK Constitution

• Common law

• Formal agreements with other countries

• Conventions

• Interpretations by people with immense experience and understanding

• Treaties

• Rulings by judges

• Authoritative works

• Acts of Parliament

• Statute law

• Unwritten rules

Organise the following features of an uncodified/unentrenched constitution into strengths and weaknesses:

Groups:

(a) Strengths

,

(b) Weaknesses

• Weak protection of rights

• Lack of clarity

• Effective governemnt

• Flexibility

• Elective dictatorship

• Has worked for a long time

Parliamentary sovereignty, constitutional monarchy, the rule of law, and parliamentary government are the (a)   of the UK constitution.

Place the following constitutional reforms in the correct chronological order according to when the act was passed by parliament:

• House of Lords Act

• Recall of MPs Act

• Constitutional Reform Act

• Freedom of Information Act

• Human Rights Act

Which of the following was not a recommendation of the Wright Reforms?

• Members of select committees elected by their party

• MPs could be recalled if they are suspended for 30 days

• Chairs of committees elected by the whole House

• Establishing a Backbench Business Committee

What body was set up as a result of the Constitutional Reform Act?

• London Assembly

• Northern Ireland Assembly

• Supreme Court

• Cabinet Office

Following the House of Lords Act 1999, there are still (a)   hereditary peers allowed to sit and vote in the upper house.

Constitutional ​ (a)   was a key part of Labour's 1997 manifesto. Their four key aims were democratisation, ​ (b)   , increased transparency, and better protection for ​ (c)   . In their first term, Labour had managed to establish the devolved legislatures. They got consent for this by holding a series of ​ (d)   across the UK, which passed in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

• reform
• stability
• decentralisation
• devolution
• human rights
• referendums
• bye-elections