Parliament

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Parliament is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, comprising the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Monarch, and serving as the central institution for making and scrutinizing laws.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Parliament canonical 10
UK Parliament 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Parliament ⓘ
UK Parliament ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
city London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
comprises House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
Monarch ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
elects Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
establishedInPeriod 13th century ⓘ
formedBy Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
governmentTypeContext parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
hasComponent Crown ⓘ
House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
hasPower to amend or repeal laws ⓘ
to hold votes of no confidence ⓘ
to make primary legislation ⓘ
hasTypeOfChamberSystem bicameral ⓘ
hasVotingSystemInCommons first-past-the-post ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.parliament.uk/ ⓘ
headOfStateComponent Monarch ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystemContext constitutional monarchy ⓘ
legislativeChamber House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
location Palace of Westminster ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Commons ⓘ
meetsIn Palace of Westminster ⓘ
oversees Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK government
passes Acts of Parliament ⓘ
precededBy Parliament of England ⓘ
Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
requiresRoyalAssentFrom Monarch ⓘ
role authorizes taxation ⓘ
controls public expenditure ⓘ
debates public policy ⓘ
makes laws ⓘ
represents the electorate ⓘ
scrutinizes government ⓘ
supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom ⓘ
upperHouse House of Lords ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency) → parliament → UK Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Parliament
William Dickson (Irish politician) → legislativeBody → Parliament ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom → alsoKnownAs → Parliament ⓘ
subject linked to: Parliament