British Constitution

Question 1

Key features of the English constitution

Answer 1

Uncodified
Unitary
Rule of law
Parliamentary sovereignty

Question 2

What are the sources of the uk constitution

Answer 2

Statute law
Common law
Conventions
Treaties
Works of authority

Question 3

When was the Magna Carta

Answer 3

1215

Question 4

When was the Bill of Rights

Answer 4

1689

Question 5

When was the Act of Settlement

Answer 5

1701

Question 6

When was the European Communities Act

Answer 6

1972

Question 7

When were the Parliament Acts

Answer 7

1911
1949

Question 8

When was the Freedom of information act

Answer 8

2000

Question 9

When was the Fixed-term parliament act

Answer 9

2011

Question 10

What does uncodified mean

Answer 10

Found in a variety of sources

Question 11

What does unitary mean

Answer 11

All power ultimately derives from central government

Question 12

What does rule of law mean

Answer 12

Everyone is equally subject to the laws of the land

Question 13

What does parliamentary sovereignty mean

Answer 13

Parliament is the supreme authority

Question 14

Statute law example

Answer 14

Human Rights Act 1998

Question 15

Common law example

Answer 15

Right to free expression

Question 16

Convention example

Answer 16

Salisbury convention

Question 17

Authoritative works example

Answer 17

The English Constitution

Question 18

Treaty examples

Answer 18

ECHR

Question 19

What principles did the Magna Carta introduce

Answer 19

Everyone, including the king, was subject to the law

Fair trial

Question 20

What principles did the Bill of Rights introduce

Answer 20

Elections must be free

Freedom of speech within parliament - parliamentary privilege

No taxation without parliaments approval

Question 21

What principle did the Act of Settlement introduce

Answer 21

Only Protestants could become monarch or married to the monarch

Question 22

What principles did the Parliament Acts introduce

Answer 22

1911 - removed absolute veto (2 year delay)

1949 - delay to 1 year

Question 23

What did the European Communities Act do

Answer 23

Entry into the EU

Question 24

When was the House of Lords reformed

Answer 24

1999

Question 25

How was the House of Lords reformed

Answer 25

All but 92 hereditary peers removed

Question 26

What act was introduced in 1998

Answer 26

HRA

Question 27

When was the Constitutional Reform Act introduced

Answer 27

2005

Question 28

What did the Constitutional Reform Act do

Answer 28

Supreme Court established
JAC created
Law Lords removed
Lord Chancellor role reformed

Question 29

In the Freedom of Information Act 2001 how could you receive information

Answer 29

Published annual reports

Freedom of information requests

Question 30

Strengths of the Freedom of Information Act 2001

Answer 30

Popular - 44,000 cases in 2020

Scrutiny via requests

Question 31

Example of scrutiny via the Freedom of Information Act

Answer 31

MPs expenses scandal 2009

Question 32

Weakness of the Freedom of Information Act 2001

Answer 32

Refuse requests - 50% declined in 2020

Question 33

Due to the Fixed Term Parliament Act what did Parliament need for an election

Answer 33

2/3 majority

Vote of no confidence

Question 34

When was the Fixed Term Parliament Act repealed

Answer 34

2021