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Edexcel GCE
Government and Politics
Advanced Subsidiary
(8067/9067-70)
Unit Test 2: Governing the UK
Thursday 11 January 2007 – Afternoon
Time: 1 hour
Materials required for examination	 Items included with question papers
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There are 50 marks for each question. The total mark for this paper is 100.
Any blank pages are indicated.
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	 (c)	 How effective is Parliament in scrutinising the work of the executive?
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