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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislature
parliamentary body
alsoKnownAs British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom

British Parliament
surface form: UK Parliament
city London, England
surface form: 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 of the United Kingdom
surface form: 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 in the House of Lords
surface form: Lords Spiritual

appointed
hereditary peers (limited number)
lowerHouse House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons
mainFunction authorizing taxation
controlling public expenditure
debating public policy
making laws
representing the electorate
scrutinizing government
meetsIn Palace of Westminster
oversees UK government
surface form: 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/

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John MacDougall parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Ofsted reportsTo British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Judicial Committee Act 1833 parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Laming Worthington-Evans memberOf British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Stirling Burghs (shared burgh constituency) representedIn British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Stirling Burghs (shared burgh constituency) legislativeBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: UK Parliament
Heywood and Middleton parliamentaryBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 enactedBy British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Putney (UK Parliament constituency) parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
title Empress of India conferredBy British Parliament
subject surface form: Empress of India
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Representation of the People Act 1918 legislativeBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Representation of the People Act 1928 jurisdiction British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Representation of the People Act 1928 legislativeBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Lindsay Roy parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Lindsay Roy employer British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Coinage Act legislature British Parliament
subject surface form: Coinage Act 1971
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Caernarvon Boroughs representedIn British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Environmental Protection Act 1990 parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
European Communities Act 1972 legislature British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
UKSPF jurisdiction British Parliament
subject surface form: UK Shared Prosperity Fund
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Architects Act 1997 legislature British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Housing Act 1980 legislativeBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State accountableTo British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy reportsTo British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Wales Act 1978 (failed implementation) legislativeBody British Parliament
subject surface form: Wales Act 1978
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Commonwealth Secretariat Act 1966 (for privileges and immunities) legislativeBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
1st Viscount Templewood memberOf British Parliament
subject surface form: Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom state ceremonies involvesInstitution British Parliament
this entity surface form: UK Parliament
John legislativeBody British Parliament
subject surface form: John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency) representedIn British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Harlow (UK Parliament constituency) parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Southend West (UK Parliament constituency) parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Rochford and Southend East (UK Parliament constituency) parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Eliab Harvey memberOf British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Livingston (UK Parliament constituency) parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Livingston (UK Parliament constituency) legislature British Parliament
this entity surface form: UK Parliament
Linlithgow and East Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency) parliamentName British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Linlithgow and East Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency) governmentalJurisdiction British Parliament
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Parliament
John Gladstone memberOf British Parliament
Wirral South parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Thomas Armstrong (British politician) legislativeBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Government of India Act 1912 legislativeBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Brentford and Isleworth governingBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Canada Company charterGrantedBy British Parliament
Member of the House of Lords partOf British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Colum Eastwood parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby legislativeBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Alan Lennox-Boyd affiliation British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Great Smith Street near British Parliament
this entity surface form: UK Parliament