I Study the vocabulary.
  
  universal adult suffrage- загальне виборче право
  chamber - палата
  by-elections- додаткові вибори
   hereditary - спадкове
  archbishops- архієпископи
  constituencies- виборчи округи
  undischarged – незвільнені від обов’язків
  clergy - духівництво
  allowance - субсидія
  to elevate- піднімати
   impartial- неупереджений
  
  
  II Read and learn the text of the topic.
  
  Parliament is the legislative organ and is constitutionally composed of the Monarch, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons. The Queen in Parliament represents the supreme authority within the United Kingdom.
  The Parliament at Westminster legislates for the United Kingdom, for any. one of the constituent countries, or for any combination of them. The Parliament Act, 1911 provides that the life of one Parliament may not exceed five years.
  Parliament consists of two Chambers: the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
  The House of Lords is for the most part still a hereditary body. It consists of the Lords Temporal and the Lords Spiritual, The Lords Temporal include hereditary peers and peeresses, life peers and peeresses created by the in recognition of public service; and the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary. The House of Lords is presided over by the Lord Chancellor who is ex officio chairman of the House. The Lords Spiritual include the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishop of London, Durham and Winchester, and the 21 most senior bishops of the

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