Answer the following questions. Give full answers.

1. Why does law-making process in the UK have special significance?

2. What circumstances can normally initiate new legislation?

3. What are the ways of making a new law?

4. What are the peculiarities of law-making in Great Britain?

5. What are the reasons for new laws to receive the Royal Assent?

6. What stages does a Bill have to pass in Parliament?

 

Translate in writing Paragraph 4.

Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the information given in the text. Complete the box by printing your answers into it.

1. Pressure arises on the British Government because new laws tend to be interpreted to meet new conditions.

2. The UK laws passed by Parliament are sometimes called as Statute Laws.

3. Once both Houses of Parliament have passed a Bill, it has to go to the British Monarch who has a privilege to sign it herself.

4. Introducing a Bill was a way of letting Members read it to discuss its contents in each Chamber.

 

 

 

Complete the box by matching the verbs with words or phrases.

1.to dismiss a. the confidence

2. to enforce b. the government

3. to possess c. a general election

4. to govern d. laws

5. to act e. for misbehavior

6. to decide f. the essential power

7. to call g. by legislation

8. to lose h. in the name of the monarch

9. to dissolve i. life peers’ rights

10. to curtail j. disputes

 

 

Complete the box by matching the terms to their definitions.

1. judiciary	a. an official who acts as a judge in the lowest courts of law
2. legislation	b. connected with the act of making and passing laws
3. court	c. the part of a government responsible for putting laws into effect
4. judge	d. a set of laws passed by a parliament
5. executive	e. connected with a court or legal judgement
6. legislative	f. the place where legal trials take place
7. judicial	g. the judges of a country considered as a group
8. magistrate	h. a person in a court who has the authority to make legal decisions

 

 

 

Complete the box by choosing the correct option.

1. The highest judges are members of the House of Lords, which is part of ….

a) legislation b) legislature c) executive d) judiciary

 

2. The … enforces the laws and governs the country.

a) legislative; b) legislature; c) executive; d) higher court

 

3. The legislature in the UK consists of both Houses of Parliament and the … who formally rules the country.

a) Cabinet; b) PrimeMinister; c) Lord Chancellor; d) monarch

 

4. All speeches in the House of Commons are addressed to the ….

a) Prime Minister; b) Speaker; c) Lords of Appeal; d) the highest judges

 

5. Government departments are run by civil … who are permanent officials.

a) servants; b) employees; c) workers; d) executives

6. The Commons can force a government to leave ….

a) cabinet; b) ministry; c) office; d) department

 

7. MPs without special positions in their parties are called ….

a) back benches; b) front benches; c) backbenchers; d) frontbenchers

 

8. Often a Bill which … a very rapid passage will be heard by a Committee of the whole House.

a) demands; b) requires; c) expects; d) insists

 

9. Traditionally, the Bill goes to the reigning monarch for the Royal ….

a) assent; b) approval; c) agreement; d) assessment

 

10. … made to a Bill by the House of Lords must be considered by the Commons.

a) corrections; b) improvements; c) amendments; d) changes

 

 

Complete the box by choosing the right preposition.

1. Life peers are appointed by the Queen … the advice of the government.

a) on; b) by; c) with; d) under

2. Ministers are responsible … Parliament for their department and its actions.

a) for; b) of; c) to; d) on

3. People are bound to differ … poitical and economic priorities.

a) on; b) in; c) from; d) about

4. There is no vote on the First Reading, so a Bill automatically goes … that stage.

a) to; b) through; c) during; d) for

5. MPs are allowed to suggest certain changes … a Bill at the Committee Stage.

a) to; b) for; c) in; d) of

6. The Second Reading of a Bill is usually the occasion … debate.

a) of; b) to; c) for; d) about

Complete the box by choosing either the comparative or the superlative form of the adjective given in brackets.

1. The judges in the UK are … (independent), since they cannot be dismissed except when the legislature demands the monarch to do so.

2. The House of Lords is … (powerful) than the House of Commons.

3. Among the members of the House of Lords are the … (high) judges who determine the common law and interpret Acts of Parliament.

4. It is difficult to say which of the three branches of power is … (powerful) in Britain.

5. The … (low) house of the British Parliament, the House of Commons, makes laws of the land by passing various Acts of Parliament.

6. The Prime Minister is … (senior) officer of the British Government.

 

 

Complete the box by putting the verbs in brackets into passive forms.

1. The Bill (reprint) before the Report Stage, if there have been amendments.

2. A new law (pass) now.

3. The Report Stage is not obligatory if the Bill (consider) by a Committee of the Whole House.

4. The Speaker (elect) at the beginning of each new Parliament to preside over the House.

5. In 1707, a Bill (reject) when Queen Ann refused to sign it.

6. The New Prime Minister (appoint) by the queen.

7. Any Bill has (write) properly.

8. The British monarch (expect) to be politically neutral.

 

 

 

 

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