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Архитектура Аудит Военная наука Иностранные языки Медицина Металлургия Метрология Образование Политология Производство Психология Стандартизация Технологии |
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Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the sovereign in the United Kingdom. Its membership is mostly made up of senior politicians who are members of either the House of Commons or the House of Lords. The Privy Council developed from a group of royal advisers at court into the chief source of the executive authority. As the power of the monarch declined, the Cabinet replaced the Privy Council as the senior decision-making body. Today the Privy Council’s duties are mostly formal and ceremonial. Its main role is to advise the monarch on a range of matters, like the resolution of the constitutional issues and the approval of Orders in Council. The Council also advises the Sovereign on the granting of Royal Charters to certain public institutions. Some judicial functions are also performed by the Council, although in practice the actual work of hearing and deciding upon cases is carried out by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Judicial Committee serves as the final court of appeal from the dependencies and the Commonwealth countries. It may also be used as an arbiter for a wide range of courts and committees in Britain and overseas, and its ruling can be influential. The office of Privy Councillor is an honorary one, conferred for example, on former Prime Ministers. Membership of the Council is given by the sovereign and usually retained for life. The Privy Council has about three hundred members, including all Cabinet members (past and present), the leaders of all main parties, and the Speaker.
Nick Clegg was appointed Lord President of the Council in May 2010. The members of the Council are collectively known as " The Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council". The chief officer of the body is the Lord President of the Council, who is the fourth highest Great Officer of State, a member of the Cabinet, and normally, the Leader of either the House of Lords or the House of Commons. Another important official is the Clerk, whose signature is appended to all orders made in the Council. 2. Give English equivalents to the Russian words from the text: королевские советники, основной источник исполнительной власти, главный руководящий орган, давать советы монарху по ряду вопросов, вручение королевских грамот, окончательный апелляционный суд, влиятельное руководство, главное должностное лицо(чиновник). 4. Give the definitions to the following words: -the Privy Council; -the Judicial Committee; -a Clerk; - the Lord President of the Council.
5.Match the office and the person in charge of it: a)The Lord President of the Council; b)The Clerk; c)The Privy Councillor;
1)The signature of this person is appended to all orders in the Council; 2)The fourth highest Great Officer of State, the chief of the Privy Council; 3)An honorary office given by the sovereign and conferred for life.
Name all the functions the Privy Council possesses.
II. The Ministry. Translate the following text in writing (10 minutes). The Ministry is the government of the moment. The head of the Ministry is the Prime Minister. The functions of the Prime Minister are: leading the majority party, running the Government, appointing Cabinet Ministers, representing the nation in political matters. Upon accepting office the Prime Minister must form a government, i.e., select a cabinet and ministry from among the Members of Parliament of his own party. The Cabinet constitutes the centre of the government and is composed of about 20 most important ministers. All major Government decisions are made by the Cabinet, and therefore it is the Cabinet which forms Government policy. Decisions of the Cabinet must be unanimous. It makes its decisions collectively and is collectively responsible to Parliament. After the Prime Minister has formed his cabinet, he selects the rest of his ministry. Most of these ministers are the political heads of Government Departments are members of one of the Houses. 2.Answer the following questions: 1) What are functions of the Prime Minister? 2)What is the first task of the Prime Minister upon accepting office? 3)What body makes all major decisions of the Government? 3.Complete the following phrases: 1)The Ministry is… 2)The Cabinet is… 3)20 most important ministers make … 4)Decisions made by the Cabinet must be…. 5)The Cabinet is collectively… 6)Most the ministers are…
III. Government Departments. 1. Translate the names of the departments: the Home Office, the Foreign Office, the Treasury. How are their heads called? Match the Department and the subject it handles:
1)the Home Office a)financial matters 2)the Foreign Office b)internal affairs of the UK 3)the Treasury c)international matters
Vocabulary
2.Read and translate the text in writing (15 minutes): Government Departments are responsible for implementing Government policy. Each department is headed by two people: a political head who is usually the minister, and an administrative head from the Civil Service, called a permanent servant. They are responsible for a permanent stuff which is part of the Civil Servants. There are many such departments: the Home Office, the Department of Education, the Ministry of Defence, etc. The most important is the Treasury. As well as government departments there are government agencies formed to operate public services, e.g., the Post Office, British Rail, etc. Most agencies are subjects to the control of one of the government departments. Government departments are either ministerial departments or non-ministerial departments.
3.See the list of some British Ministries and Departments. Choose one of them and make a presentation about it and about its head on behalf of the real person. Use the plan below: 1.My name is… 2.I’m the head of the… 3.I accepted the office in… 4.I am…years old. I’m married/not married. 6.I have… (don’t have) children. 7.I live in… 8.I belong to the…party. 9.The functions of my Department are… (Provide a picture of the real person). Ministerial departments · Attorney General's Office · Cabinet Office Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Department for Education · Department for Transport · Department of Energy and Climate Change · Department of Health · Foreign and Commonwealth Office · Her Majesty's Treasury · Home Office · Ministry of Defence · Ministry of Justice Non-ministerial departments Популярное:
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