Topic 1 Legislation test Legislation & Delegated Legislation Quiz

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 1 Name the three institutions of Parliament involved in the legislation process.

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 1 the House of Commons the House of Lords the monarch

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 2 Why are private members’ bills not very successful?

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 2 Private members’ bills do not have the backing of their party. The MPs must have their names picked from a ballot, with only 20 selected each year. MPs must adhere to the Ten-Minute Rule, and other MPs may filibuster.

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 3 What is the difference between a Green Paper and a White Paper?

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 3 A Green Paper is a discussion document and a White Paper is a statement of intent.

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 4 Who writes the bill into legal terminology?

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 4 The Parliamentary Counsel, also known as parliamentary draftsmen.

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 5 How did Professor Michael Zander describe the first reading?

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 5 ‘A pure moment of nothing’.

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 6 What two things happen at the second reading?

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 6 There is a debate and a vote.

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 7 How will the political parties try to ensure support from their MPs?

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 7 Whips.

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 8 Name the two stages after the second reading (in the correct order).

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 8 Committee stage and report stage.

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 9 Who sits in the House of Lords?

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 9 The House of Lords consists of Lords Spiritual (bishops) and Lords Temporal (life peers and Law Lords).

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 10 What powers does the House of Lords possess?

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 10 The House of Lords can delay a bill for 1 year (1 month for a finance bill).

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 11 What is the main advantage of the House of Lords’ involvement in the legislation process?

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 11 The House of Lords can scrutinise the legislation.

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 12 What does the Parliament Act allow the House of Commons to do?

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 12 It allows it to bypass the House of Lords. It allows the House of Commons to pass a bill for royal assent without the consent of the House of Lords.

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 13 How is the royal assent stage described by critics?

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 13 They have referred to it as ‘a rubber-stamping’ exercise.

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 14 What does Parliament pass in order to give out its power to others to make delegated legislation?

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 14 An enabling Act.

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 15 Name three types of delegated legislation, state who makes them and give an example of each.

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 15 Bylaw made by a local council to ban town- centre drinking. Statutory instrument made by a government minister, e.g. legal aid. Orders in Council made by the Privy Council, e.g. emergency laws made during wartime.

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 16 What is judicial review?

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 16 The courts are asked to check a piece of delegated legislation to make sure it is in keeping with the enabling Act.

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 17 What are the two types of judicial review?

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 17 procedural ultra vires substantive ultra vires

Topic 1 Legislation test Question 18 What happens to a piece of delegated legislation that the courts decide is ultra vires?

Topic 1 Legislation test Answer 18 It will be declared void.