COMP 2 - UK GOV- CONSTITUTION

TRUE OE FALSE -

"The UK Constitution has developed differently to the constitutions of most other nation states"

• TRUE

• FALSE

Match the correct date with the key event in the development of the UK Constitution

• 1689

• Act of Union

• 1911 & 1949

• Parliament Acts

• 1701

• Bill of Rights Act

• 1707

• The Magna Carta

• 1215

• Act of Settlement

Fill the blank;

"As our constitution is ?, the way in which the UK is governed can be changed simply by an Act of Parliament"

The principle of Constitutional Monarchy in the UK was established through acceptance by William and Mary of...

• Magna Carta 1215

• Act of Settlement 1701

• Bill of Rights 1689

This means that the same laws apply equally to every citizen and that the government is subject to the same laws as everyone else...

• Parliamentary Sovereignty

• Rule of Law

• Separation of Powers

Tick all correct sources of the UK Constitution...

• Statute and Common law

• Treaties

• Conventions

• Landmark events

• Authoritative works

TRUE OR FALSE; "In a federal state power is centralised and the central government possesses absolute authority"

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which key principle of our unwritten constitution states that no parliament may enact legislation that can force its successor to act in a certain way?

• Separation of Powers

• Rule of Law

• Parliamentary Sovereignty

Do constitutional conventions, such as a member of the House of Lords not being able to be prime minister, legally have to be carried out?

• NO

• YES

Under which government was the constitution developed through House of Lords reform in 1999?

• Coalition

• Labour

• Conservative