British Parliament

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The British Parliament is the United Kingdom’s supreme legislative body, consisting primarily of the elected House of Commons and the appointed House of Lords, responsible for making and scrutinizing national laws and government policy.


Statements (53)
Predicate Object
instanceOf legislature
parliamentary body
alsoKnownAs Parliament of the United Kingdom
UK Parliament
city London
commonsMembersElectedBy universal suffrage
constitutionalDoctrine parliamentary sovereignty
country United Kingdom
electoralSystemForCommons first-past-the-post
establishedInYear 1707
hasCommitteeType joint committees
public bill committees
select committees
hasComponent House of Commons
House of Lords
Monarch
hasHouseType lower house
upper house
hasJurisdiction England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
United Kingdom
Wales
hasPower amend or repeal existing laws
approve the budget
enact primary legislation
hold government to account
ratify certain international treaties
isBicameral true
languageUsed English
legalSystem constitutional monarchy
location Palace of Westminster
lordsMembershipType Lords Spiritual
appointed
hereditary peers (limited number)
lowerHouse House of Commons
mainFunction authorizing taxation
controlling public expenditure
debating public policy
making laws
representing the electorate
scrutinizing government
meetsIn Palace of Westminster
oversees Government of the United Kingdom
precededBy Parliament of England
Parliament of Scotland
requiresRoyalAssent true
role supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom
royalAssentGivenBy Monarch
sovereignComponent Monarch
sovereignTitle King
upperHouse House of Lords
website https://www.parliament.uk/

Referenced by (314)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
1902 Education Act ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
36th United Kingdom Parliament ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
38th Parliament of the United Kingdom ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Central Fife (UK Parliament constituency) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Electricity Act 1947 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
House of Lords Act 1999 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Kingsley Wood ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
London Government Act 1963 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Lord McFall of Alcluith ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Military Training Act 1939 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Montford Reforms ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
National Health Service Act 1946 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
National Insurance Act 1946 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
New Towns Act 1946 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Official Opposition (United Kingdom) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Reform Act 1867 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Royal Titles Act 1876 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Scotland Act 2012 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Scottish representative peers in House of Lords ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Six Acts ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Slavery Abolition Act 1843 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Summer Time Act 1916 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Transport Act 1947 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Victorian era ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
legislativeBody
Andrew Murray Burnham ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Archibald Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Bromley and Chislehurst ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Dunfermline and West Fife ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Electricity Act 1947 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
George Clive (barrister) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Government of Wales Act 1998 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Government of Wales Act 2006 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Greater London Authority Act 1999 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Kirkcaldy (UK Parliament constituency) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Leigh (UK Parliament constituency) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Life Peerages Act 1958 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Medical Act 1983 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Peerage Act 1963 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Peter Grant ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Scotland Act 1998 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Shrewsbury and Atcham ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Statute of Westminster 1931 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Succession to the Crown Act 2013 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
The Wrekin (UK Parliament constituency) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Tunbridge Wells (UK Parliament constituency) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Valentine Fleming ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
parliament
37th United Kingdom Parliament ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
British Overseas Territories Act 2002 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Chamberlain government ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Crown Estate Act 1961 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
England ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Government of India Act 1858 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Indian Independence Act 1947 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Iron and Steel Act 1949 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Life Peerages Act 1958 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Local Government Act 1972 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Lord Liverpool ministry ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
North West England ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Old Age Pensions Act 1908 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Scotland Act 2016 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Second Baldwin government ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
United Kingdom ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Yorkshire and the Humber ("UK Parliament")
legislature
Acts of Parliament ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Armed Forces Act ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Australia Act 1986 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Australian Constitution ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Ceylon Independence Act 1947 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Charter Act 1833 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Charter Act 1853 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Constitution Act, 1867 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Constitution Act, 1982 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 ("United Kingdom Parliament")
Gas Act 1948 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Government of Burma Act 1935 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Government of India Act 1935 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
National Health Service Act 1948 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Northern Ireland Act 1998 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Part VII – Judicature ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Part X – Intercolonial Railway ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Partition of India ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Town and Country Planning Act 1947 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
enactedBy
British Cabinet ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Consumer Council for Water ("UK Parliament")
Financial Policy Committee ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
First Lord of the Treasury ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
HM Treasury ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
His Majesty’s Government ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Home Secretary ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Monetary Policy Committee ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Office for Budget Responsibility ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Secretary of State for Air ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Secretary of State for Education ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Secretary of State for Scotland ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Secretary of State for Transport ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
reportsTo
Central Lobby ("UK Parliament")
Commons ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
House of Commons of the United Kingdom ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
House of Lords ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
House of Lords chamber ("UK Parliament")
Lord Speaker ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Lord Speaker of the House of Lords ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Lords of Parliament ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
North West Norfolk ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Parliamentary Estates Directorate ("UK Parliament")
Peelite Conservatives ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Speaker of the House of Commons ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Usher of the Black Rod ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
partOf
Baron Olivier ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Baroness ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Blasphemous and Seditious Libels Act 1819 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Chief Whip ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Iron and Steel Act 1949 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath ("United Kingdom Parliament")
Leader of the House of Commons ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Parliamentary Estates Directorate ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Parliamentary Labour Party ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Parliamentary Private Secretaries ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Short Money ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Transport Act 1947 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
jurisdiction
Advocate General for Scotland ("Parliament of the United Kingdom (through ministerial accountability)")
Board of Control ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Colonial Assembly of North Carolina
Constitution of Bermuda ("United Kingdom sovereign Parliament")
Court of Proprietors ("British Parliament in matters defined by statute")
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Information Commissioner’s Office ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Legislative Council of Upper Canada
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
New York Colonial Assembly
Northern Ireland Parliament ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
subordinateTo
Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Junior Lords of the Treasury ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Leader of the Opposition (UK) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
appliesToJurisdiction
Central Tower ("UK Parliament")
Dean of Westminster ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (second creation)
Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Thomas Curson Hansard ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Viscount Pitt
heraldry of the United Kingdom ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
associatedWith
Dundee East ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath ("UK Parliament")
Prime Minister’s Questions ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
St Stephen’s Hall ("UK Parliament")
Sword of State ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Westminster World Heritage Site ("UK Parliament")
Woolsack ("UK Parliament")
governingBody
Edward Carson ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
George Canning ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Matthew Gregory Lewis ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Michael Foot ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
William Pitt the Younger ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
memberOf
Cashel (UK Parliament constituency) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Liberal National Party ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Sinn Féin ("Westminster Parliament")
representedIn
Portcullis with chains ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Portcullis with chains ("UK Parliamentary authorities")
St Stephen’s Hall ("UK Parliament")
Victoria Tower ("UK Parliament")
usedBy
Crown (British state) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Crown in right of the Channel Islands ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
the Crown ("Parliament")
distinctFrom
Douglas Clifton Brown ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Ed Miliband ("UK Parliament")
Edward FitzRoy ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
employer
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Queen's College, Cork ("United Kingdom Parliament")
Scottish Parliament ("United Kingdom Parliament")
foundedBy
Monetary Policy Committee ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Office of the Children’s Commissioner (England) ("Parliament")
accountableTo
British Parliament ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
British Parliament ("UK Parliament")
alsoKnownAs
Crown-in-Parliament ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Royal Assent ("United Kingdom Parliament")
appliesTo
Baron Olivier
King of the United Kingdom ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
associatedInstitution
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ("Parliament of the United Kingdom (subject to law and royal assent)")
UK government ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
canDissolve
Lettres philosophiques ("Parliament")
Triumphant Democracy
discusses
British East India Company
Parliament of Bermuda ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
influencedBy
National Assistance Act 1948 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
New Towns Act 1946 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
introducedIn
HMG ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
His Majesty’s Government ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
legallyAccountableTo
Community Charge ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
poll tax (Community Charge) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
legislatedBy
His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit (Parliamentlive.tv) ("UK Parliament")
operatesIn
Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland ("UK Parliament")
British intelligence ("UK Parliament")
overseenBy
British Armed Forces ("UK Parliament")
Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ("UK Parliament")
oversightBody
David Lidington ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
parliamentaryBody
Court of Directors
Lord ("UK Parliament")
regulatedBy
Parliament of Great Britain ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ("Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland")
replacedBy
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Secretary of State for Defence ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
responsibleTo
Father of the House of Commons ("Westminster Parliament")
Hansard ("UK Parliament")
scope
Portcullis with chains ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
Portcullis with chains ("Westminster Parliament")
symbolOf
Fourth Party ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
activeIn
Declaration and Resolves
addressedTo
Portcullis with chains ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
adoptedAsSymbolBy
Peter Smithers ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
affiliation
Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
appliesToLegislativeBody
Speaker’s Chair in the House of Commons chamber ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
belongsTo
Crown-in-Parliament ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
category
Lords of Parliament ("UK legislature")
componentOf
Council of State (British India)
createdBy
British Crown ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
delegatesPowerTo
Phineas Finn
depictsInstitution
Caerphilly County Borough ("UK Parliament")
electsTo
Commonwealth High Commissioners ("UK Parliament")
engagesWith
Windsor Framework ("United Kingdom Parliament")
enteredPoliticalDebateIn
House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa
establishedBy
Phineas Redux
exploresInstitution
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ("Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland")
followedBy
British colonial authorities
governedBy
Great Britain ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
hasLegislature
Crown in right of the Isle of Man ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
hasNoRepresentationIn
Treaties of the United Kingdom ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
implementedBy
Court of Proprietors
interactedWith
Court of Directors ("UK Parliament")
isAccountableTo
Commons ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
isLowerHouseOf
Shadow Secretary of State for Health ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
isPositionIn
London ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
isSeatOf
Crown colony
legalAuthority
David Steel ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
legislativeBodyRepresented
Autumn Statement ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
legislativeContext
UK government ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
legislativePartner
National Government coalition ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
legislativeTerm
Government of Wales Act 1998 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
legislatureEnactedBy
Local Government Association ("Parliament")
lobbies
Elizabeth Tower ("UK Parliament")
maintainedBy
Palace of Westminster ("UK Parliament")
managedBy
Boundary Commission for Wales ("UK Parliament")
mandateFrom
Crown dependencies ("United Kingdom Parliament")
notMemberOf
Lord Advocate ("UK Parliament (House of Lords historically)")
officeHolderMaySitIn
Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit (Parliamentlive.tv) ("UK Parliament")
officialFor
SDP–Liberal Alliance ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
operatedInJurisdiction
Government Whips Office ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
operatesInJurisdiction
Virginia Sons of Liberty
opposedOrganization
First Continental Congress
opposedTo
Edward FitzRoy ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
oversaw
Criminal Cases Review Commission ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
oversight
Department of Social Security ("UK Parliament")
oversightBy
Elizabeth Tower ("UK Parliament")
ownedBy
Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit (Parliamentlive.tv) ("UK Parliament")
owner
St Stephen’s Hall ("UK Parliament")
ownership
Tory ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
parliamentaryContext
Conservative Party (UK) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
parliamentaryGroupIn
Witney ("UK Parliament")
parliamentaryTerm
2005 United Kingdom general election ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
parliamentElected
36th United Kingdom Parliament ("Parliaments of the United Kingdom")
partOfSeries
Baron Roberts ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
peerageJurisdiction
Henry Brougham ("United Kingdom Parliament")
placeOfActivity
Lord of Parliament ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
post1801LegislativeContext
Parliament of the Bahamas ("Parliament of the United Kingdom (colonial authority)")
predecessor
Command Papers ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
presentedTo
Jamaican Constitution of 1962 ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
promulgatedBy
Hansard ("UK Parliament")
publisher
Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
ratifiedBy
Whether the British Government inclines more to Absolute Monarchy or to a Republic
relatedTo
General Synod ("Parliament of the United Kingdom for Measures")
requiresApprovalFrom
Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK) ("Parliament of the United Kingdom (usually)")
requiresMembershipOf
John Profumo ("Parliament")
resignedFrom
Government of India Act 1919
retainedSupremacyOf
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
separatedFrom
Northern Ireland Parliament ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
sharesSovereignWith
Parliament of Great Britain
shortName
Northern Ireland Executive ("United Kingdom Parliament")
subjectTo
Boundary Commission for England ("UK Parliament")
submitsRecommendationsTo
Child Maintenance Service ("UK Parliament")
supervisedBy
August 1917 Montagu Declaration
targetAudience
The World at One ("Parliament")
topic
Portcullis with chains ("UK Parliamentary authorities")
usageControlledBy
David Steel ("Parliament of the United Kingdom")
workLocation

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