Questions › Chapter 5: The UK government, the law and your role
When the monarch meets the Prime Minister regularly, what can he or she do?
- AAdvise, warn and encourageRight answer
- BDecide the government's policies
- CPass new laws alone
- DDismiss MPs from Parliament
Answer: Advise, warn and encourage
The monarch may advise, warn and encourage the Prime Minister, but it is the Prime Minister and cabinet who decide government policy.
From chapter 5 of the handbook, "The UK government, the law and your role", section "The British constitution". Practice question 471 of 651, written in our own words.