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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Board of Control subordinateTo British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth Tower ownedBy British Parliament
this entity surface form: UK Parliament
Elizabeth Tower maintainedBy British Parliament
this entity surface form: UK Parliament
Speaker’s Chair in the House of Commons chamber belongsTo British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Charter Act 1853 enactedBy British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Australian Constitution enactedBy British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Boundary Commission for England submitsRecommendationsTo British Parliament
this entity surface form: UK Parliament
Charter Act 1833 enactedBy British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Archibald Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Treaties of the United Kingdom implementedBy British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
David Lidington parliamentaryBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park legislativeBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Reform Act 1867 legislativeBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Boundary Commission for Wales mandateFrom British Parliament
this entity surface form: UK Parliament
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport reportsTo British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland overseenBy British Parliament
this entity surface form: UK Parliament
Government of Burma Act 1935 enactedBy British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 legislature British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
British Overseas Territories Act 2002 legislature British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Jamaican Constitution of 1962 promulgatedBy British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development reportsTo British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Wrekin (UK Parliament constituency) parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Department of Social Security oversightBy British Parliament
this entity surface form: UK Parliament
Child Maintenance Service supervisedBy British Parliament
this entity surface form: UK Parliament
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions reportsTo British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Steel workLocation British Parliament
subject surface form: David Steel
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
2005 United Kingdom general election parliamentElected British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Central Fife (UK Parliament constituency) legislativeBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Kirkcaldy (UK Parliament constituency) parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies appliesToLegislativeBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Peter Grant parliament British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Summer Time Act 1916 legislativeBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Leigh parliament British Parliament
subject surface form: Leigh (UK Parliament constituency)
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Government Whips Office operatesInJurisdiction British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury appliesToJurisdiction British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Shadow Secretary of State for Health isPositionIn British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Scotland Act 2012 legislativeBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Scotland Act 2016 legislature British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Peter Smithers affiliation British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Community Charge legislatedBy British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Woolsack governingBody British Parliament
this entity surface form: UK Parliament
Peelite Conservatives partOf British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household appliesToJurisdiction British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household associatedWith British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
Douglas Clifton Brown employer British Parliament
this entity surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
States of Deliberation of Guernsey isNotPartOf British Parliament
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Parliament