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. How many MPs sit in the House of Commons?

100 correct incorrect

650 correct incorrect

800 correct incorrect

325 correct incorrect

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. Which electoral system is used for general elections?

First-past-the-post correct incorrect

Alternative vote correct incorrect

Supplementary vote correct incorrect

Additional members system correct incorrect

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. Which of the following groups of people can vote at UK general elections?

Citizens of the Republic of Ireland correct incorrect

Those serving a custodial sentence correct incorrect

Citizens of the European Union correct incorrect

16 year olds correct incorrect

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. Which one of the following is not a 'category' of peer with a right to sit in the House of Lords?

Archbishops and bishops of the Church of England correct incorrect

Life Peers correct incorrect

Crossbenchers correct incorrect

Supreme Court justices correct incorrect

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. Generally, what is Parliament's role in the legislative process?

Parliament's role is limited to approving Bills proposed by the government correct incorrect

The House of Commons must accept Bills proposed by the government, but they can be amended by the House of Lords correct incorrect

Parliament debates, scrutinises, and amends Bills made by the government through different stages of the legislative process correct incorrect

Parliament must accept any amendments to a Bill proposed by the Queen correct incorrect

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. Which of the following most accurately describes the Salisbury Convention?

The people of Salisbury must approve the bill at a public meeting before it can become law correct incorrect

The House of Lords cannot amend a bill passed by the House of Commons if it is implementing one of the government's manifesto commitments correct incorrect

Any legislation approved by the House of Commons must be approved by the House of Lords correct incorrect

The House of Lords will grant a second reading to a bill which implements a commitment contained in the manifesto of the government at the last general election. The House of Lords can still amend the legislation at later stages of the legislative process correct incorrect

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. Which of the following most accurately describes the procedure found in Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, s. 2(1)?

The House of Lords must approve any legislation that extends the life of a Parliament beyond five years correct incorrect

If a Bill has been passed by the House of Commons in two successive sessions and is rejected by the House of Lords in each of those sessions, then after being rejected a second time by the House of Lords the Bill can receive the Royal Assent and become an Act of Parliament. This does not apply to Money Bills or Bills which extend the life of a Parliament beyond five years correct incorrect

The House of Commons must agree to any changes made by the House of Lords to legislation correct incorrect

If the Speaker of the House of Commons considers that changes made to a Bill by the House of Lords are 'reasonable', then they are deemed to be approved and the Bill is then sent for Royal Assent correct incorrect

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. What is the role of select committees within Parliament?

To select candidates who will then stand for Parliament correct incorrect

To scrutinise the policies, administration, and expenditure of the government correct incorrect

To select which MPs can ask a question at Prime Minister's Question Time correct incorrect

To select which Bills are debated in the House of Commons correct incorrect

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. What is the effect of Article 9, Bill of Rights 1689?

That proceedings in Parliament cannot be questioned by the courts correct incorrect

That the courts can overturn legislation if the procedure used within Parliament to enact that legislation is incorrect correct incorrect

That the House of Lords must approve all legislation that has passed the House of Commons correct incorrect

That the courts can determine the constitutional validity of legislation passed by Parliament correct incorrect

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. What is the effect of English Votes for English Laws (EVEL)? 

That only English members of the House of Lords can vote on legislation that applies only to England correct incorrect

That MPs from Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have no say on laws that apply only to England correct incorrect

In the House of Commons, after the Report Stage, MPs representing English constituencies can vote to approve those provisions of a Bill that apply only to England correct incorrect

That MPs representing English constituencies can propose laws that affect England only correct incorrect