IV. Match the sentence halves

1. Attention to detail is	a) a critical stage.
2. Excellent customer service should be	b) a fierce debate.
3. Party leaders are elected	c) an amendment to the bill.
4. The Liberal Democrats have tabled	d) by ballot.
5. The Monetary Policy Committee voted	e) consent to the development.
6. The new law has been released	f) important in this job.
7. The planning authority had given	g) in draft form.
8. The project has reached	h) noise to a minimum.
9. The proposals provoked	i) our guiding principle.
10. Factories must keep	j) to keep interest rates.

V. Fill in prepositions, where necessary

1. A money Bill must be passed … the Lords … amendment … a month … being presented … the House.

2. A public Bill will normally have been drafted … lawyers … the civil service … instructions … the Prime Minister or another government minister.

3. Even … an Act has received the Royal Assent, it may not come … force straight … .

4. Every year the Parliament passes … one hundred Laws directly … making Acts … Parliament.

5. … money Bills the whole House sits as a committee instead … a select committee.

6. … cases … disagreement, the House … Representatives and the Senate confer together.

7. No new law can be made … the Parliament unless it has completed a number … stages … both the House … Commons and the House … Lords.

8. The Parliament sometimes passes a very general law and leaves a minister to fill … the details.

9. There will be a further debate … the general principles … the Bill only if … least six MPs request it.

10. Using the powers given … them … the Parliament ministers become lawmakers themselves.

VI. Fill in articles where necessary

1. … different group of people can often see something in … completely different way.

2. … money Bill must be passed by … Lords without amendment within … month of being presented in … House.

3. … private member's Bill is … Bill introduced by … individual Member of Parliament.

4. Even after … Act has received …Royal Assent, it may not come into force straight away.

5. First Reading is … formal procedure in which … name of … Bill and its main aims are read out and there is usually no discussion or debate on … Bill.

6. It is also possible for … member of … House of Lords to introduce … private member's Bill.

7. … MPs who wish to speak in … debate will try to catch … Speaker's eye, since … Speaker controls all debates in … House.

8. There will be … further debate on … general principles of … Bill only if at least six MPs request it.

9. This is … Bill designed to pass … law which will only affect or benefit individual people or corporations.

10. Twenty names are selected, although only … first six or seven MPs chosen are likely to get … chance to present their Bill.