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членів парламенту, найближчі радники, урядові міністерства, міністр
фінансів Великобританії, в теорії, на практиці, конституційна угода,
видатний юрист, резиденція, виконавча гілка влади, повноваження
лорда-канцлера, таємна рада, лідер опозиції, призначати, офіційне
оголошення.

Task 2. Complete the text using the proposed words.
debates, housing, elect, constituencies, Speaker, midnight, news,
Government, mail, abroad, Sittings, letters, morning, MP, constituents,
House of Commons

The country is divided into 651 voting areas or … which each …
one MP to serve in the … . MPs have to present all of their …, regardless
of whether they vote for them. In addition MPs 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 in a constituency have the chance to
meet their … when they can talk about their problems, large or small.
People may come to their MP 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 MP start their day in the … and may not get home until … or 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. 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 no 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 – and why. They specially like to be
present on Tuesdays and Thursdays for Questions to the Prime-Minister.

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