Chapter 17 Multiple choice questions

. Under the Inquiries Act 2005, section 10, who needs to be consulted before a judge can be appointed to chair an inquiry?

The President of the Supreme Court

The Lord Chancellor

The Master of the Rolls

The Lord Chief Justice

. Recommendations made by a public inquiry are legally binding. True or false?

True

False

. Inquiries must always be held in public. True or false?

True

False

. In which ONE of the following ways can an inquiry NOT be created.

Under the Inquiries Act 2005

By a resolution of the House of Commons.

Under the royal prerogative.

Under a specific statutory provision.

. What are the terms of a reference of a public inquiry?

They determine the budget of the public inquiry.

They determine the scope of the inquiry and what it can investigate.

They establish who is the chair of the public inquiry.

They establish the procedure that the public inquiry adopts.

. A public inquiry must always be chaired by a judge. True or false?

True

False

. In the views of some, which constitutional doctrine is breached when a judge chairs a public inquiry?

Parliamentary sovereignty

Separation of powers

Rule of law

Parliamentary accountability

. What are 'assessors'?

People who assess how the public inquiry is doing.

People appointed due to their expertise to assist the chair of an inquiry.

People who assess the reliability of witnesses.

People who assess the impact of a public inquiry.

. What is the role of the 'counsel to the inquiry'?

To ask the inquiry chair questions.

To ask the witnesses questions.

To ask questions of the media who are reporting on the inquiry.

. Which approach do public inquiries usually follow?

Adversarial

Inquisitorial

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