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Legislation & Delegated Legislation Quiz

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Question 1

Name the three institutions of Parliament

involved in the legislation process.

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Answer 1

• the House of Commons

• the House of Lords

• the monarch

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Question 2

Why are private members’ bills not very

successful?

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• 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.

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Question 3

What is the difference between a Green Paper

and a White Paper?

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Answer 3

A Green Paper is a discussion document and a

White Paper is a statement of intent.

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Question 4

Who writes the bill into legal terminology?

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Answer 4

The Parliamentary Counsel, also known as

parliamentary draftsmen.

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Question 5

How did Professor Michael Zander describe the

first reading?

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Answer 5

‘A pure moment of nothing’.

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Question 6

What two things happen at the second reading?

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There is a debate and a vote.

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Question 7

How will the political parties try to ensure support

from their MPs?

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Answer 7

Whips.

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Question 8

Name the two stages after the second reading

(in the correct order).

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Answer 8

Committee stage and report stage.

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Question 9

Who sits in the House of Lords?

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Answer 9

The House of Lords consists of Lords Spiritual

(bishops) and Lords Temporal (life peers and Law

Lords).

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Question 10

What powers does the House of Lords possess?

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Answer 10

The House of Lords can delay a bill for 1 year (1

month for a finance bill).

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Question 11

What is the main advantage of the House of

Lords’ involvement in the legislation process?

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Answer 11

The House of Lords can scrutinise the legislation.

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Question 12

What does the Parliament Act allow the House of

Commons to do?

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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.

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Question 13

How is the royal assent stage described by

critics?

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Answer 13

They have referred to it as ‘a rubber-stamping’

exercise.

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Question 14

What does Parliament pass in order to give out its

power to others to make delegated legislation?

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Answer 14

An enabling Act.

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Question 15

Name three types of delegated legislation, state

who makes them and give an example of each.

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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.

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Question 16

What is judicial review?

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Answer 16

The courts are asked to check a piece of

delegated legislation to make sure it is in keeping

with the enabling Act.

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Question 17

What are the two types of judicial review?

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Answer 17

• procedural ultra vires

• substantive ultra vires

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Question 18

What happens to a piece of delegated legislation

that the courts decide is ultra vires?

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Answer 18

It will be declared void.