SQE1 sample questions

Question 79

The law on Land Transaction Tax in Wales is under review with proposals being made to increase the tax to be paid for properties used as holiday homes.

A woman registered to vote and living in Wales, but who is English, wishes to express her opposition to the proposed changes. She intends to write to her elected representative who sits on the body which has power to vote on this matter.

She would like to know whether she should write to her Member of Parliament at Westminster (‘MP’) or to her Member of the Senedd Cymru (‘MS’).

Which elected representative(s) should the woman write to?

A. To her MP because it concerns a reserved matter of the UK Parliament.

B. To her MS because it concerns a devolved power of the Senedd Cymru.

C. To her MP because it concerns a conferred power of the UK Parliament.

D. To both her MP and her MS because it concerns a joint power of the UK Parliament and the Senedd Cymru.

E. To her MS because it concerns a reserved power of the Senedd Cymru.


B - To her MS because it concerns a devolved power of the Senedd Cymru.


 

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