UK Parliament
Commons and Lords
The UK Parliament is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, comprising the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the reigning monarch.
Based at Westminster in London, it debates and passes laws, scrutinizes government, and controls taxation.
Parliament voted to approve the treaty.
The term often refers specifically to the elected Commons: She's standing for Parliament in the next election.
- Speaker of the HouseLower chamber's presiding officer
- House of CommonsElected parliamentary chamber
- House of LordsBritain's senior parliamentary body
- Prime MinisterParliamentary head of state
- Question TimeBBC political accountability broadcast
- UK governancedevolution, local government, local councils, central government, local authorities
governance system
UK Parliamentautocracy
Rule by one
absolute monarchy · dictatorship · totalitarian regime · military junta · authoritarian rule
british constitutional structure
UK ParliamentScottish Parliament
Scotland's devolved legislative body
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