Constitutional law worksheet with answers

The UK convention of collective ministerial responsibility means that:

1. AMinisters must publicly support government decisions or resign
2. BMinisters are elected together as a group
3. CEach minister can veto Cabinet decisions
4. DAll ministers are jointly liable in court for government decisions

Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibits discrimination:

1. AOnly on grounds of nationality
2. BOnly by private employers
3. CIn every area of life, as a free-standing right
4. DIn the enjoyment of the other Convention rights

The separation of powers divides state power between:

1. AThe central, regional and local tiers of government
2. BThe police, the army and the courts
3. CThe legislature, the executive and the judiciary
4. DParliament, the monarch and the church

In Bellinger v Bellinger, the House of Lords could not read the marriage law to recognise a trans woman's marriage to a man, so it:

1. ARead the statute compatibly under section 3
2. BMade a declaration of incompatibility
3. CStruck down the relevant provision
4. DReferred the case to Strasbourg

Under AG v De Keyser's Royal Hotel, when a statute covers the same ground as a prerogative power:

1. AThe government can choose freely between the two
2. BThe prerogative is put in abeyance and the government must act under the statute
3. CThe government may still choose the prerogative if it offers more flexible powers
4. DThe prerogative overrides the statute

In Marbury v Madison (1803), the US Supreme Court established:

1. AThe right to bear arms
2. BThe power of courts to review the constitutionality of legislation
3. CThe power of Congress to overrule decisions of the federal judiciary
4. DThe President's veto power

The government introduces high fees for bringing claims to employment tribunals, and the number of claims falls sharply. In R (UNISON) v Lord Chancellor (2017), the Supreme Court held:

1. AThe fees breached only EU competition law
2. BThe fees were lawful because users of the courts must pay for them
3. CThe fees were unlawful because they prevented access to justice
4. DThe fees were lawful because Parliament authorised fees

The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 changed the office of Lord Chancellor so that:

1. AThe Lord Chancellor gained power to dismiss judges
2. BThe office was abolished completely
3. CThe Lord Chancellor became President of the Supreme Court and head of the judiciary in England
4. DThe Lord Chief Justice, not the Lord Chancellor, is head of the judiciary in England and Wales