Constitutional law worksheet with answers

Section 3 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998 requires courts to:

1. AAsk Parliament to interpret unclear statutes
2. BFollow every judgment of the Strasbourg court
3. CRead and give effect to legislation compatibly with Convention rights, so far as possible
4. DStrike down any provision of an Act that cannot be read compatibly with Convention rights

Devolution in the UK means that:

1. AParliament transfers some powers to bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland while remaining sovereign
2. BThe UK has become a federal state in which the regional powers are entrenched and cannot be removed by Westminster
3. CThe monarch shares power with regional parliaments
4. DLocal councils can override Acts of Parliament

The Dutch Parliament (Staten-Generaal) consists of:

1. AThe House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) and the Senate (Eerste Kamer)
2. BThe Council of State and the Supreme Court
3. CThe King and the Council of Ministers
4. DThe provincial councils and municipal councils

In the Factortame litigation, while the UK was an EU member, the House of Lords:

1. ADeclared the European Communities Act 1972 invalid
2. BHeld that EU law could never limit Acts of Parliament
3. CDisapplied parts of an Act of Parliament that conflicted with EU law
4. DReferred the matter to the European Court of Human Rights

In Pickin v British Railways Board, the House of Lords held that courts:

1. AWill not examine whether Parliament followed its internal procedures in passing an Act
2. BMust investigate any allegation of fraud in Parliament
3. CCan strike down a private Act if it is shown that Parliament was misled during its passage
4. DCan review Acts for compliance with private bill rules

In the GCHQ case, the House of Lords held that the exercise of prerogative powers:

1. ACan be judicially reviewed, depending on its subject matter
2. BIs always fully reviewable, whatever subject matter it concerns
3. CCan never be reviewed by the courts
4. DCan be reviewed only if Parliament agrees

In R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the EU (2017), the UK Supreme Court held that:

1. ADevolved legislatures had a veto over Brexit
2. BThe government could give notice using prerogative powers without any Act of Parliament
3. CThe referendum result was legally binding
4. DParliamentary legislation was required to give notice of withdrawal from the EU

In Miller II (2019), the UK Supreme Court found the prorogation of Parliament unlawful because:

1. AIt frustrated Parliament's constitutional functions without reasonable justification
2. BIt was decided by a referendum
3. CThe Queen refused to approve it
4. DIt violated Article 3 of Protocol 1 ECHR by interfering with the right to free elections