Debates in Parliament

Speaker laws national debates law-making

defeated agreed the House of Commons international Lord-Chancellor

Second Reading opinions vote the House of Lords Woolsack

Both Houses of Parliament share opinions and reach their decisions by means of.... Many hours are spent debating proposed.... These debates can involve matters of... and... importance. Each year... alone spends over 1,500 hours debating. Debates in the House of Commons are chaired by the.... All speeches are addressed to the Chairman, the Speaker. When a Member finishes speaking the Speaker decides who should speak next. Only one Member is allowed to stand and speak at any one time. Members normally speak only once during a debate. There is a time limit on most debates - many debates have to end at 10.00 p.m. At the end of a debate, the House of Commons decides if the motion should be... or.... If the debate were on the... of a Bill the Speaker would say «The Question is that the Bill be now read a second time». He or she then invites the two sides to express their... by saying «Aye» or «N0». The Speaker listens while the two sides shout out «Aye» and «N0». He or she will decide which side sounded more numerous and then say «I think the Ayes (or the Noes) have it». If the other side protests, then there has to be a proper..., called a Division.

Debates in... are, in many ways, similar to those in the Commons. Many debates in the Lords, like those in the Commons, are concerned with the various stages of.... In the first place there is the position of the.... He is the Speaker of the House of Lords. From his special seat, known as the..., he presides over debates.

5. Give Ukrainian equivalents for the following words and expressions:

- debates;

- to share opinions;

- matters of national and international importance;

- to defeat;

- to agree;

- motion;

- to express one’s opinion;

- a proper votedivision;

- to preside over debates.

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