Constitution
Links to Parliament. A convention by the Lords: they will not block anything that was in a governing parties' manifest
Salisbury Convention
PMQs takes place at 12.30pm every _________________ that the House is in session
Wednesday
The principle that members of the cabinet take ultimate responsibility for their actions and the actions within their department
Individual Ministerial Responsibility
According to Parliament, the Welsh and Scottish Parliaments will not be removed unless.
A referendum is passed supporting it
If judges feel that the HRA is being ignored or undermined they can issue
Deceleration of Incompatibility
The UK Constitution is this (Could be said to be dangerous). Rights of citizens can simply be changed by a simple Act of Parliament
Unentrenched
Once elected by MPs to the position of Speaker, all Speakers will run for election as...
An independent
Just two days after Thatcher's famous anti EU speech her key cabinet colleague, Geoffery Howe resigned. He could not agree with her direction, this is known as...
Collective Ministerial Responsibility
Who are the two main parties that share power in Northern Ireland?
Sinn Fein and the DUP
Following this landmark ruling, Judges (while the UK was part of the EU) could suspend laws that conflicted with EU laws.
Factortame
The Constitutional Reform Act created this in 2009
The Supreme Court
Who is the current Speaker of the House?
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
I served as Labour PM from 1945 - 1951 I introduced the NHS
Clement Attlee
In what year was the Scottish Independence Referendum?
2014
2009 R v __________________.Ruled that hearsay evidence could be used as a basis of conviction, therefore setting a precedent.
The Act of Union between Scotland and England was passed in this year
1707
A type of PMB. Members can put forward their proposals for a bill in a speech but it can only last...
10 minutes
Who is the current Chancellor of the Exchequer
Rishi Sunak
Holyrood
R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice:
This case was brought to the Supreme Court because of its considerable controversy.
R Nicklinson wanted to use article 8 of the ECHR to
Commit Suicide
This is an authoritative work - a source of the Constitution. Published by Walter Bagehot in 1867
The English Constitution
Name of the finance that opposition parties can claim t o help them scrutinise the government
Short Money
This man resigned from the cabinet in 2003 following Tony Blair and his government's decision to push ahead with the invasion of Iraq
Robin Cook
Who is the current First Minister of Wales?
Mark Drakeford
Lady Hale was the President of the Supreme Court, who is it now?
Lord Reed