Задание

Match the 10 law-making terms and their definitions.

  • Объекты 1
    • Changes to a bill proposed by MPs or members of the House of Lords
    • MPs or lords who don't hold government office
    • Used for counting those in favour or against emotion when there is a vote in the House of Commons or the House of Lords
    • Practice of speaking in a debate for a long time deliberately to waste time. In this way a bill may be stopped from making progress within the time allowed.
    • When MPs or lords are not put under any pressure to vote a certain way by their party leaders
    • The exchanges of amendments to bills between the House of Commons and the House of Lords
    • The right of MPs or Lords to make certain statements within Parliament without being subject to outside influence, including law
    • A proposal for action put forward for debate or decision in the House of Commons or lords
    • The last few days of a Parliament before a general election. All unfinished business must be dealt with swiftly, so the government seeks co-operation from the opposition in dealing with legislation that is still in progress
    • The members who count the votes in the House of Commons or House of Lords when there is a division and report the result back to the House
  • Объекты 2
    • Amendment
    • Backbenchers
    • Division
    • Filibuster
    • Free vote
    • Ping-pong
    • Parliamentary privilege
    • Motion
    • Wash-up
    • Tellers