UK Parliament

Question 1

What are MPs or Lords who do not hold any government office called?

Answer 1

Backbenchers

Question 2

What is the stage where a Bill is considered line-by-line after its second reading?

Answer 2

Committee stage

Question 3

What are the rights to remove the government and to grant or withhold funding called?

Answer 3

Confidence and supply

Question 4

What do you call members of the House of Lords who have no party allegiance?

Answer 4

Crossbenchers

Question 5

What branch of government is responsible for the implementation of laws and day-to-day running of the country?

Answer 5

(The) executive

Question 6

What is an MP who holds a ministerial position in the government or shadow cabinet called?

Answer 6

Front bench

Question 7

What is it called when the legislative and executive branches of government are joined together?

Answer 7

Fusion of powers

Question 8

Who is the leading representative of a state that embodies the state’s power and authority?

Answer 8

Head of state

Question 9

What are members of the House of Lords whose title is inherited called?

Answer 9

Hereditary Peers

Question 10

What is the primary chamber of the UK legislature, directly elected by voters?

Answer 10

House of Commons

Question 11

What is the second chamber of the UK legislature, not directly elected by voters?

Answer 11

House of Lords

Question 12

What are proposed laws passing through Parliament called?

Answer 12

Legislative bills

Question 13

What is the law-making body in a state, specifically in the UK?

Answer 13

Legislature

Question 14

Who are nominated by the Prime Minister and are eligible to sit and vote in the House of Lords for their lifetime?

Answer 14

Life peers

Question 15

What are the 26 Bishops and Archbishops of the Church of England who sit in the House of Lords called?

Answer 15

Lords Spiritual

Question 16

What is it called when members of the government have to face questions in the House of Commons?

Answer 16

Minister’s questions

Question 17

What is a government formed by a political party that does not have an overall majority of MPs in the House of Commons called?

Answer 17

Minority government

Question 18

What is a bill that contains significant financial measures called?

Answer 18

Money Bill

Question 19

What is the second largest party in parliament that is given extra privileges in debates called?

Answer 19

Official opposition

Question 20

Who are the MPs and Lords who are not members of the governing party or parties?

Answer 20

Opposition

Question 21

What is the agreement between a government and opposition MP to not vote on an issue called?

Answer 21

Pairing

Question 22

What is the British legislature made up of the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the monarch called?

Answer 22

Parliament

Question 23

What is the right of MPs or Lords to make certain statements within Parliament without outside influence called?

Answer 23

Parliamentary privilege

Question 24

What is the close examination and investigation of government policies, actions, and spending called?

Answer 24

Parliamentary Scrutiny

Question 25

What term is used to describe members of the House of Lords?

Answer 25

Peers

Question 26

Since 2000, how many peers have been appointed via individual recommendations?

Answer 26

70 peers

Question 27

What refers to the to and fro of amendments to Bills between the House of Commons and the House of Lords?

Answer 27

Ping Pong

Question 28

What are bills introduced by individual MPs or members of the Lords rather than by the Government called?

Answer 28

Private members bill

Question 29

What are committees responsible for looking at bills in detail called?

Answer 29

Public bill committees

Question 30

What is the stage of a Bill after its Committee Stage where the whole House reviews the amended form?

Answer 30

Report Stage

Question 31

What is the convention whereby the House of Lords does not delay or block legislation included in a government’s manifesto?

Answer 31

Salisbury Convention

Question 32

What committee is responsible for scrutinising the work of government, particularly individual departments?

Answer 32

Select committees

Question 33

What is it called when the judiciary, executive, and legislative are all separate?

Answer 33

Separation of powers

Question 34

What is an MP elected by other MPs to act as Chair during debates in the House of Commons called?

Answer 34

Speaker

Question 35

What does it mean to vote with your party, even if you disagree with them on the issue?

Answer 35

Toe the party line

Question 36

What is a motion in the House of Commons on whether MPs support the current government called?

Answer 36

Vote of confidence

Question 37

Who are members of parliament responsible for the smooth running of the parliamentary party?

Answer 37

Whips