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1. The House of Lords may introduce amendments to a Bill. 2. Once in five years Parliament must be dissolved and a General Election must be held. 3. Parliament is the only body which can enact, alter or reverse a law. 4. «Peers» who are members of the House of Lords cannot become MPs. 5. Parliament has two main duties: it must make laws and debate matters of great importance to the state. 6. The Speaker is a Member of Parliament who must keep order in the House of Commons. 7. The House of Lords cannot delay any laws which relate to finance and taxation.
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ТЕКСТ А
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THE GENERAL ELECTION
The United Kingdom is divided into 646 constituencies (избирательный округ). People who live in a constituency and who are over 18 are entitled (давать право) to take part (участвовать) in the General Election and vote (голосовать) for their Member of Parliament. This takes place every 5 years.
People who want (хотеть) to be elected to Parliament are called candidates. A candidate who gets the most (большинство) votes in his constituency becomes an MP.
Every MP belongs to one of the two main political parties- Conservative or Labour. The party which gets the majority of votes during the General Election becomes the Government.
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1. The abbreviation «MP» means a Member of Police.
2. There are six hundred forty six constituencies in Great Britain.
3. The British can vote to Parliament since sixteen years of age.
4. The General Election takes place every five years.
5. If the Conservatives get the most votes during the General Election they form the Government.
ТЕКСТ В
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