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

Complete these sentences with words from the opposite page.
1 The 
of individual MPs may be investigated if it is thought they have not behaved 
honestly.
2 There have been a number of 
claiming that the Speaker is not doing his or
her job properly.
3 On this particular issues, it is 
to the individual MP how he or she votes.
4 It is the role of the Health Select Committee to 
the work done in the Department of 
Health and to deal with any relevant issues arising from that.
5 A petition to Parliament has to be 
out in accordance with strict rules.
6 The work of this committee is complex because it 
departmental boundaries.
7 There is a lot of 
in the House of Lords because of the very different professional 
backgrounds among its members.
8 This committee 
the decisions made by the Department of Transport.
Over to 
you
Answer these questions about politics in your own country.
•
How easy is it for ordinary citizens to lobby MPs?
•
How easy is it for ordinary citizens to petition MPs?
•
Does the legislative process have a committee stage?
•
Do ordinary citizens play any part in committee decisions in relation to government?
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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced
International politics
United Nations
The UN is an international organisation 
constituted
1
in 1945 to make the world a better 
place for 
humanity
2
. From its 
foundation
3
, it has 
pursued
4
these key aims:
• 
To keep peace throughout the world.