Constitutional law worksheet with answers

The Salisbury convention in the UK means that the House of Lords:

1. ADoes not block government bills carrying out manifesto commitments
2. BMust approve all money bills within one week
3. CMay permanently veto bills that alter the constitution of the United Kingdom
4. DElects the Speaker of the House of Commons

The European Convention on Human Rights was drawn up within:

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

A constitutional monarchy is one in which the monarch:

1. AIs head of state but acts within constitutional limits, mostly on ministers' advice
2. BHolds all legislative and executive power personally, and ministers merely advise on request
3. CLeads the governing political party
4. DIs elected by parliament every five years

Under Porter v Magill, the test for apparent bias asks whether:

1. AThe decision-maker was actually biased
2. BA fair-minded and informed observer would conclude there was a real possibility of bias
3. CThe claimant personally and reasonably believed that the decision-maker had been biased against them
4. DThe decision-maker had ever met any party

Under section 2 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998, UK courts must, when deciding Convention rights questions:

1. AIgnore Strasbourg case law
2. BFollow every relevant Strasbourg judgment strictly, as binding precedent
3. CTake into account judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
4. DRefer all questions to Strasbourg

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. BBringing a statute into force too quickly
3. CUsing the prerogative to set up a scheme inconsistent with a statutory scheme not yet in force
4. DBringing the statutory scheme into force without first consulting the bodies that would be affected by it

The legitimate expectation doctrine protects individuals when:

1. AA public body made a clear promise or established practice that it then seeks to depart from unfairly
2. BA minister speaks in Parliament
3. CAny person hopes for a favourable decision
4. DA contract with the government exists and the public body later fails to perform its contractual obligations

A prison policy requires prisoners to be absent while officers search their cells, including their legal correspondence. In R (Daly) v Home Secretary (2001), the House of Lords held:

1. AThe blanket policy unlawfully interfered with legal professional privilege
2. BThe policy was unlawful only for unconvicted prisoners held on remand awaiting trial
3. CThe policy was lawful, as prisons need security
4. DThe policy was lawful, as prisoners have no privacy