Parliament of Gallambria

Parliament of Gallambria
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	House of Lords House of Commons
Leadership
Monarch	Albert II
Lord Speaker	The Lord Lindholm
Speaker of the House of Commons	Rowan Brandt
Structure
Seats	348 Consisting of 147 Seats in Lords 201 Seats in Commons
House of Lords political groups	Lord Speaker (1) Lords Spiritual   Bishops (18) Lords Temporal HM Government   Liberals (33)   GNP (5)   CNP (20) HM Loyal Opposition   GLP (39) Other   Independents (9)   GFP (4)   Greens (4) Crossbench   Crossbench (28)
House of Commons political groups	HM Government (166)   Liberal Party of Gallambria: 107 seats   Gallambrian National Party: 50 seats   Country Nationals Party: 9 seats HM Most Loyal Opposition (158)   Gallambrian Labor Party: 122 seats   Socialists Alliance: 19 seats   Socialists Party of Gallambria: 17 seats Crossbench (16)   Greens Party: 9 seats   Independents: 5 seats   Gallambria First Party: 2 seats

The Parliament of Gallambria, commonly known as the Gallambrian Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of Gallambria, the crown dependencies and overseas territories. It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in Gallambria and it territories. Its head is the Sovereign of Gallambria (currently King Albert II) and its seat is Parliament House in Bromwich.

The parliament is bicameral, consisting of an upper house (the House of Lords) and a lower house (the House of Commons). The sovereign forms the third component of the legislature (the King-in-Parliament). The House of lords includes two different types of members: the Lords Spiritual, consisting of the most senior bishops of the Church of Gallambria, and the Lords Temporal, consisting of life peers, appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister.

The House of Commons is an elected chamber with elections to 201 single member constituencies held at least every four years under the first-past-the-post system. The two houses meet in separate chambers in Parliament House in Bromwich. By constitutional convention, all government ministers, including the Prime Minister, are members of the House of Commons.

Composition and Powers

The legislative authority, the Crown-in-Parliament, has three separate elements: the Monarch, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons. No individual may be a member of both houses, and members of the House of Lords are legally barred from voting in elections for members of the House of Commons.

Royal Assent of the Monarch is required for all Bills to become law, and certain Delegated Legislation must be made by the Monarch by Order in Council. The Crown also has executive powers which do not depend on Parliament, through prerogative powers, including the power to make treaties, declare war, award honours, and appoint officers and civil servants. In practise these are always exercised by the monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister and the other ministers of HM Government. The Prime Minister and government are directly accountable to Parliament, through its control of public finances, and to the public, through the election of members of parliament.

The Upper House is formally styled "The Right Honourable The Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled", the Lords Spiritual being bishops of the Church of Gallambria, and the Lords Temporal being Peers of the Realm. The Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal are considered separate "estates", but they sit, debate and vote together.

House of Lords

Main articles: House of Lords of the Kingdom of Gallambria and Members of the Gallambrian House of Lords

Current composition of the House of Lords Affiliation Sitting members Liberals   33 Labor   39 Crossbench   50 Nationals   9 Independents   9 First   4 Greens   4 Country   2 Lord Speaker   1 Lords Spiritual   18 Total number of sitting members: 169

House of Commons

Main articles: House of Commons of the Kingdom of Gallambria and Members of the Gallambrian House of Commons

Current composition of the House of Commons Party Sitting members Liberals   76 Labor   79 Nationals   19 Country   10 Greens   9 Independents   5 First   2 Speaker   1 Vacant   0 Total number of sitting members: 201