ajourn- відкладати
  to suspend - допускати
  to presume acquiescence- зберігати мовчазну згоду
  casting vote вирішальний голос
  disapproval- осуд, несхвалення
  to submit- подавати
  
  
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  The main functions of Parliament are to make laws regulating the life of the community, to take formal action, cast in legislative form, to make available finance for the needs of the community and to appropriate the funds necessary for the services of the State, and to criticize and control the Government. By custom. Parliament is also consulted before the ratification of certain international treaties and agreements. In practice, there are two types of agreement about which Parliament is consulted; treaties which could not be implemented without legislation; and treaties of such political importance that the Government feels obliged to arrange a debate on the matter before becoming committed. In the case of other treaties requiring ratification, it is customary to presume parliamentary acquiescence unless disapproval is expressed within 21 days from the date on which the treaty was laid before Parliament. Parliamentary procedure is based on forms and rules, many of which date back to the beginning of the sixteenth century and even earlier.
  Each House has its own standing orders, but the system of debate is much the same in the two Houses. In the House of Lords, the office of Speaker could be held by a commoner, since the woolsack

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