HOW DOES A BILL BECOME A LAW_задание

HOW DOES A BILL BECOME A LAW? (UK PARLIAMENT)

Don't steal, pay your taxes, go to school. We're all expected _1_____ of the land but where do law's come from? Before a law becomes law, it is known as _2_____ and on its way to becoming a law a Bill must pass through both _3_____.

Most Bills are based on ideas suggested by _5_____, although any MP or Lord can _6_____ a Bill, it will get checked by both along the way. All Bills get the same treatment. First, every Bill gets _7_____ so everyone knows it's begun its journey to become a law. Usually, a Government Minister who supports the Bill will _8_____ and _9_____ the reasons why they think it's a good idea. Other _10_____ and _11_____ will ask lots of questions and either support or challenge the ministers’ ideas and views.

MPs and Lords will also _12_____ at the detail of a Bill. Bills have to be _13_____ line by line to ensure tiny details aren't overlooked. _14_____ of MPs and Lords with a special interest in on knowledge of a Bill’s _15_____ will usually carry out this task. MPs and Lords also have a chance to make changes to a Bill. After holding _16_____ they might want to take parts out or add new bits. These changes are called _17_____.

MPs and Lords _18_____ each bill a number of times. Every time a Bill is debated, or changes are proposed, it continues its journey to becoming a law, but if most MPs and Lords _19_____ the bill than its journey comes to an end. So, if the Bill was the government's idea, for example, the Government would have to abandon its plan or come up with a new idea.

Every Bill starts in either _20_____ or _21_____. When a Bill finally gets _22_____ in one of the houses it goes over to the other house for the same treatment. It gets _23_____, it’s _24_____ and _25_____, the Bill is looked at in detail, changes or amendments are _26_____ and everyone votes as the Bill makes its journey.

Both houses must agree on _27_____ of a Bill before it can become law. If one house changes the Bill it must go back to the other house for _28_____. A Bill can go back and forth from one house to the other until _29_____ is reached, a bit like a game of table tennis. If both houses are unable to agree, the House of Commons _30_____ that's because its members _31_____. However, the two houses almost always reach an agreement.

The final part of the Bill’s journey into law is called _32_____. Once both the House of Commons and the House of Lords agree that a Bill is fit to become a law it is sent to _33_____, and when the monarch agrees, well, then a Bill finishes its long journey becoming a law of the land.