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