What is the job of Parliament?

The main functions of Parliament are:

· to pass laws

· to provide, by voting for taxation, the means of carrying on the work of government

· to scrutinize (рассматривать) Government policy and administration, including proposals for expenditures (расходы)

· to debate the major issues of the day

Parliament is made up of three parts:

· The Queen

· The House of Lords

· The House of Commons

The Queen

The Queen is the official head of state. Britain has a constitutional monarchy where the Queen only rules symbolically; in reality, power belongs to Parliament. So, although the Queen ‘opens’ Parliament each year and laws are passed in her name, the Queen herself plays no part in determining decisions (принятие решений) made in Parliament. The Queen has the final say on whether a bill becomes law. The last monarch to reject (отклонить) that was wanted by both Houses of Parliament was Queen Anne. She died in 1715.

The House of Lords

The House of Lords is made up of people who have inherited family titles and those who have been given titles because of their outstanding (выдающийся) work in one field or another. The main job of the House of Lords is to ‘double check’ new laws to make sure they are fair and will work.

The House of Commons

The House of Commons has 659 members who have been elected by local residents to represent an area of the country in Parliament. The members are called MPs (Members of Parliament). Each MP represents one of 659 constituencies (areas) in the UK and is a member of a political party, such as New Labour or the Conservative party. The Commons is the most important place for discussing policies and making laws.

Interesting Fact

No king or Queen has entered the House of Commons since 1642, when Charles I stormed in with his soldiers and retired to arrest five members of Parliament who were there.

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Тема 12. Конгресс США

Цели изучения темы:

- формирование навыков изучающего чтения;

- совершенствование речевых навыков;

Учебные вопросы:

1. Сложное подлежащее (Complex Subject).

2. Текст “The Legislative Branch. A Bicameral Congress”.

Содержание темы

Грамматический материал «Сложное подлежащее». Текст для изучающего чтения. Составление монологического высказывания по теме.

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