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WorksheetsNature and Sources of UK Constitution
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
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
What happens to all the existing EU law with our exit from the EU?
All EU laws and treaties will be cancelled
All EU laws will have to be re-introduced and passed through Parliament.
The EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 transfers all existing law into domestic law
All EU laws and treaties will have to be renegotiated with the EU
What is Common Law?
Laws passed by Parliament.
Laws that have not been agreed by the Queen.
Laws made by the EU.
Judgements made by judges in important legal cases - that establish a precedent.
