Constitutional law worksheet with answers

The Sewel convention says that the UK Parliament will not normally:

1. ADebate matters concerning Scotland
2. BLegislate on Scottish matters without first holding a referendum in Scotland
3. CChange taxes without a referendum
4. DLegislate on devolved matters without the devolved legislature's consent

In the UK, the head of government is:

1. AThe Speaker of the House of Commons
2. BThe Lord Chancellor
3. CThe monarch
4. DThe Prime Minister

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

In R (Jackson) v Attorney General, the House of Lords held that:

1. AThe Parliament Act 1949 and the Hunting Act 2004 passed under it were valid
2. BActs passed under the Parliament Acts were merely invalid delegated legislation
3. CThe House of Lords could veto any bill permanently
4. DThe Hunting Act was incompatible with Convention rights

In Thoburn v Sunderland City Council (the "metric martyrs" case), Laws LJ said that "constitutional statutes":

1. AMust be approved by referendum
2. BCannot be repealed at all
3. CCannot be impliedly repealed, only expressly
4. DPrevail automatically over all later Acts of Parliament

Parliamentary sovereignty (as described by Dicey) means that:

1. ACourts can strike down any Act of Parliament that conflicts with common law rights
2. BParliament can make or unmake any law, and no body can override its Acts
3. CThe executive can override Parliament
4. DParliament must obey previous Parliaments

In R v Home Secretary, ex p Simms, Lord Hoffmann explained the "principle of legality" as meaning that:

1. AMinisters may limit fundamental rights whenever it is in the public interest
2. BCourts may strike down Acts that breach fundamental rights
3. CGeneral words in a statute are presumed not to override fundamental rights
4. DParliament cannot legislate against fundamental rights

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

1. ASuspend the Convention right in question
2. BAmend the incompatible legislation by a remedial order
3. CRefer the case directly to Strasbourg
4. DOverrule the court's declaration