English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

observations
6
on all
substantive
7
petitions.
1
in the correct format
2
the off icial record of parliamentary business
3
make something known
4
people who voted for them, people in their 
constituency [political region]
5
MP with responsibility for 
controlling the way parliamentary business is done
6
comments
7
of significance
Select Committees
There is a Commons Select Committee for each government department, examining three aspects: spending, 
policies
1
and administration. Some Select Committees have a role that 
crosses departmental boundaries
2
, 
such as the 
Environmental Audit
3
Committee. Other Commons Committees are involved in a range of ongoing
investigations, such as
allegations
4
about the
conduct
5
of individual MPs. Lords Select Committees do
not 
shadow
6
the work of government departments. Their investigations look into specialist subjects, takin
g 
advantage 
of the
wide-ranging
7
expertise
8
of the Lords and the greater amount of time (compared to MPs) available to them 
to examine issues. Committees in the House of Lords concentrate on six main areas: international relations, the 
European Union, science and technology, economic aff airs, communications and the UK 
constitution
9
.
1
off icial plans of action
2
deals with diff erent departments
3
closely examines environmental consequences 
of government decisions
4
complaints that have not been proven
5
behaviour
6
follow closely to see how a 
job is done
7
covering many subjects, diverse
8
high level of knowledge or skill
9
full set of laws of a country