ILR Exam

Most important facts and dates for UK ILR Exam

Patron Saints

1. St. David → Wales → 1-March → No Holiday

2. St Patrick → Northern Ireland → 17-March → Yes Holiday

3. St George → England → 23 April → No Holiday

4. St Andrew → Scotland → 30 November → Yes Holiday

Devolution (3 Countries)

1. Wales → The Senedd (Cardiff, 1999)

• Members: 60 SMs

• Elections: every 4 years (proportional representation)

• Powers: Since 2011 can make laws without the UK parliament in 21 areas including: education, health, development, housing

2. Scotland → The Scottish Parliament (Edinburgh, 1999)

• Members: 129 MSP

• Elections: every 5 years (proportional representation)

• Powers: Everything except the core powers reserved to UK power (Defence, Fiscal/Monetary policy, Migration, Trade), Tax Rising

3. Northern Ireland → The Northern Ireland Assembly (Belfast, 1998)

• Members: 90 MLAs (members of legislative assembly)

• Elections: Minitral parties shared between main parties (form of proportional representation)

• Powers: Education, health, agriculture, environment, social science

The Courts England, Wales, Northern Ireland

Most Serious Criminal: Crown Court (Judge & Jury)

Minor Criminal: Magistrates Court (unpaid and do not need legal qualification)

Serious Civil: High Court

Civil: Country Court

Small Civil Claims(<10k): judge around the table
Youth (10-17): Youth Court → Northern Ireland has a youth hearing system

The Courts Scotland

Most Serious Criminal: High Court
Serious Criminal: Sheriff Court
Minor Criminal: Justice of Peace Court
Serious Civil: Court of Session Edinburgh

Civil : Sheriff Court
Youth (10-17): Children Hearings System

Difference between Jury and Judge

Jury = Guilt

Judge = Punishment

5 Principles

1. Democracy

2. Rule of Law

3. Individual Liberty

4. Tolerance those with different faiths

5. Participation in community life

5 Rights

1. Freedom of faith

2. Freedom of speech

3. freedom of discrimination

4. Fair trial

5. vote

Number of MPs in UK Parliament

650

General Election of UK Parliament

5 years

Jury Service Age

18-70

# of Jurors in England and in Scotland

England: 12, Scotland: 15

# of Common Wealth Countries

54

Council of Europe

47 Member Countries; No power to make laws

# of permanent UN Security Council Members

5

1066

William I defeats Harold the Saxon King at Hastings → First King Coronation at Westminster Abbey

1215

Magna Carta, King John Limits Royal Power

1348

Black Death

1415

Agincourt, Most Famous battle of 100 year war between France & England where Henry V beats French; However French win 100 year war

1485

End of War of Roses between York and Lancaster → Won by Henry VII at Bosworth Field (House of Lancaster)

1588

Spanish Armada Defeated by Elizabeth I

1649

Charles I unable to agree with parliament executed

1679

Habeas Corpus Act → Prisoners must be trialed in court

1688

Glorious Revolution → William Orange takes over without Violence → King William III

1689

Bill of Rights → Monarch must be protestant and ask parliament for $ army every year

1707

Act of the Union (Treaty of the Union in Scotland) → England + Scotland + Wales = Great Britain

1801

Act of the Union → Great Britain + Ireland = United Kingdom

1918

Women can vote at 30

1928

Women vote at 21 same as man

1948

NHS founded by Aneurin Bevan

1973

UK joins EEC

1979

Thatcher first woman PM (Conservative)

1998

Good Friday Agreement → Establishment of the Norther Ireland Assembly

1999

Hereditary peers lost automatic right; a few remain, electect by other hereditary peers

powers between Commons and Lords

• Lords can ask Commons to reconsider

• Commons can overrule

Chancellor of Exchequer

Economy (lives at 11 Downing Street)

Home Secretary

Police

Lord Chancellor

Legal system

who appoints the 20 Ministers

MP appoints and they meet weekly

What is a Civil Servant

Run day-to-day of government. Chosen by non partisan recruitment. Chosen on merit

State of the Opening

When the Monarch opens Parliament each year → Reads speech set out by parliament

Religions by size in UK

Christianity → No Religion → Muslim → Hindu

Church of England Leaders (Anglican Church)

Monarch = Supreme Governor; Archbishop of Canterbury = Spiritual Leader

Church of Scotland (Presbyterian Church)

Governed by Ministers & Elders (not Bishops); Chaired by a moderator for one year

Church of Northern Ireland and Wales

No Official Church

Make up of the Union Flag

Thee Crosses (Patron Saints)

1. St George (England)

2. St Andrew (Scotland)

3. St Patrick (Ireland)

→ Wales has their own flag

National Flowers

• England = rose

• Scotland = Thistle

• Wales = Daffodil

• Northern Ireland = Shamrock

Flemings

Penicillin

Baird

Television

Whittle

Jet Engine

Crick

DNA

Berners-Lee

World Wide Web

Turing

Code Breaking

Jenner

Smallpox Vaccine

Watt

Steam Engine

Stephenson

Railway

Faraday

Electricity

Turner

Contemporary Art

Booker

Fiction Literature

Mercury

Album

Brits

Pop

Laurence Olivier

Theatre

BAFTA

Film & TV

The Proms

8 week Classical music festival, Culminating in Royal Albert Hall

Grand National (Sport)

Horse Racing

The Open (Sport)

Golf

The Ashes

Practice Cricket against Austrailia

Marriage legality

Forced Marriage = Illegal; Arranged Marriage = Legal

UK General Election Format

First Past the Post → one winner per constituency

Devolution Election Format

Proportional Representation → 20% of votes = 20% of seats

Florence Nightingale

Founded Modern Nursing (Crimean War)

Emmeline Pankhurst

led suffragettes → women voting

William Beveridge

Beveridge report → Welfare state

Sake Dean Mahomet

Britains first Curry House

Henry Moore

Sculptor

John Constable

Landscape Painter

Sir Christoph Wren

Architect of St Pauls

Capability Brown

Landscape Garden

Sir Edward Elgar

Composer

Robert Burns

Scotland’s National Poet

William Shakespeare

Stradford-upon-Avon, The Globe Theatre

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes

Sir Roger Bannister

Sub 4 minute Mile

Sir Steve Redgrave

Rowing Gold at 5 consecutive Olympics