The UK Constitution

Match the constitutional events with correct year.

• 1689

• Parliament Acts

• 2018

• EU Withdrawal Act

• 1707 & 1800

• Magna Carta

• 1911 & 1949

• Acts of Union

• 1215

• Bill of Rights

What term is used to describe the fact that UK Constitution is easily amended by a simple act of parliament? (no capital letters required)

Match the following sources of the UK Constitution

• Conventions

• Acts of Parliament

• Common law

• Rulings by judges

• Authoritative works

• Interpretations by people with immense experience and understanding

• Statute law

• Formal agreements with other countries

• Treaties

• Unwritten rules

Organise the following features of an uncodified/unentrenched constitution into strengths and weaknesses:

Groups:

(a) Strengths

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(b) Weaknesses

• Elective dictatorship

• Effective governemnt

• Flexibility

• Weak protection of rights

• Has worked for a long time

• Lack of clarity

Parliamentary sovereignty, constitutional monarchy, the rule of law, and parliamentary government are the __________ of the UK constitution.

Place the following constitutional reforms in the correct chronological order according to when the act was passed by parliament:

• Constitutional Reform Act

• Freedom of Information Act

• Recall of MPs Act

• Human Rights Act

• House of Lords Act

Which of the following was not a recommendation of the Wright Reforms?

• Members of select committees elected by their party

• MPs could be recalled if they are suspended for 30 days

• Chairs of committees elected by the whole House

• Establishing a Backbench Business Committee

What body was set up as a result of the Constitutional Reform Act?

• London Assembly

• Northern Ireland Assembly

• Supreme Court

• Cabinet Office

Following the House of Lords Act 1999, there are still __ hereditary peers allowed to sit and vote in the upper house.

Constitutional ​ (a)   was a key part of Labour's 1997 manifesto. Their four key aims were democratisation, ​ (b)   , increased transparency, and better protection for ​ (c)   . In their first term, Labour had managed to establish the devolved legislatures. They got consent for this by holding a series of ​ (d)   across the UK, which passed in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

• reform
• stability
• decentralisation
• devolution
• human rights
• referendums
• bye-elections