The work of an MP

Task 18. Complete the sentences.

Task 17. Decide if the following statements are true or false.

1. The three sides Queen, Government and Opposition sit facing one another.

2. The Opposition parties would be seated on the right.

3. The Opposition consists of all those parties which, as a result of the last general election, are part of the Government.

4. If you sit in the Public Gallery of the House of Commons, you would see the Government sitting to the left of the table.

5. The Government parties would be seated on the left.

6. The Official Opposition is not divided into front-benches and back-benches.

7. The Labour Party has the largest number of MPs in the House of Commons, having won the most seats in the general election of 1997.

8. As the Conservatives won the general election of 1979, 1983 and 1992, we had a Conservative Government.

1. The two sides … and … sit facing one another.

2. The Opposition parties would be seated on the ….

3. The Opposition consists of all those parties which, as a result of the last … …, are not part of the ….

4. The party winning the most seats in general election will for a … and the party leader becomes ….

5. Together they make up ….

Task 19. Transcribe, read & translate the terms:

the green leather bench, front-benches, be seated, therefore, largest party, smaller party, most seats, party leader, general election, drawn from.

Task 20. Refer to the text &decide which of the 20 words & phrases you need to deliver the basic information about the legislative branch of the UK.

Task 21. Complete the following text with the words and expressions from the box:

debates weekends housing elect constituencies Speaker

midnight news Government mail abroad Sitting

morning MP constituents House of Commons letters

The country is divided into 650 voting areas or … which each … one MP to serve in the … MPs have to represent all of their …, regardless of whether they voted for them. In addition NPs have a duty to their political party, to themselves and their own beliefs and to the nation as a whole. Once or twice a week people ia a constituency have the chance to meet their … when they can talk about their problems, large or small. People may come to their MPs with … or money problems or perhaps someone has a relative in hospital and finds it difficult to get there on public transport. An MP spends time at …, and during holidays, meeting people in local factories, clubs, schools, etc.

The working hours of the House of Commons are very unusual. Most MPs start their day early in the … and may not get home until … of later.

It is important for MPs to keep up with the … – so the first thing they do in the morning is to look at the newspapers to know what has been happening overnight both in this country and ….. MPs often do this over breakfast.

The first thing an MP does after arriving at the House of Commons is to collect his … MPs receive huge amounts of mail every day; so reading and answering … takes a large amount of time.

On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings, many MPs will be sitting on Committees.

At 2.30 p.m. each day, the … walks in procession to the Chamber of the House of Commons to begin the day’s …. The first hour of the afternoon from 2.30 to 3.30 p.m. is Question Time at which most MPs like to be present because they have a chance to ask the … about what it is doing or not doing – and why. They especially like to be present on Tuesdays and Thursdays for Questions to the Prime Minister. From tea time until about 10.00 p.m. there are … in the Chamber in which MPs may try to speak, especially if the subjects are of interest to their constituents.

Sometimes an MP finally gets to bed when it is nearly time to begin the next day’s work.

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