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1.Easy

The UK convention of collective ministerial responsibility means that:

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

The European Convention on Human Rights was drawn up within:

  1. AThe Council of Europe
  2. BNATO
  3. CThe United Nations
  4. DThe European Union
3.Easy

Which body adopts laws in a parliamentary democracy?

  1. AThe supreme court
  2. BThe legislature (parliament)
  3. CThe police
  4. DThe prime minister alone
4.Medium

In R v Home Secretary, ex p Fire Brigades Union, the House of Lords held the minister acted unlawfully by:

  1. ARefusing to consult the fire brigades
  2. BUsing the prerogative to set up a scheme inconsistent with a statutory scheme not yet in force
  3. CBringing a statute into force too quickly
  4. DBringing the statutory scheme into force without first consulting the bodies that would be affected by it
5.Medium

A bicameral legislature has:

  1. AThree chambers
  2. BOne chamber
  3. CNo elected members
  4. DTwo chambers
6.Medium

In Hirst v UK (No 2), the European Court of Human Rights held that the UK's blanket ban on voting by convicted prisoners:

  1. AViolated the right to free elections in Protocol 1, Article 3
  2. BViolated the right to freedom of expression in Article 10 of the Convention
  3. CWas justified because prisoners have no rights
  4. DWas within the UK's margin of appreciation
7.Hard

The Wednesbury unreasonableness test asks whether a decision is:

  1. ASo unreasonable that no reasonable authority could have made it
  2. BDifferent from what the judge would have decided on the same evidence
  3. CUnpopular with the public
  4. DSlightly less than ideal
8.Hard

After a court makes a declaration of incompatibility, section 10 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998 allows a minister to:

  1. AAmend the incompatible legislation by a remedial order
  2. BSuspend the Convention right in question
  3. COverrule the court's declaration
  4. DRefer the case directly to Strasbourg

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Ministers must publicly support government decisions or resign
  2. 2. A · The Council of Europe
  3. 3. B · The legislature (parliament)
  4. 4. B · Using the prerogative to set up a scheme inconsistent with a statutory scheme not yet in force
  5. 5. D · Two chambers
  6. 6. A · Violated the right to free elections in Protocol 1, Article 3
  7. 7. A · So unreasonable that no reasonable authority could have made it
  8. 8. A · Amend the incompatible legislation by a remedial order

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