The British Parliament

The British parliament bicameral and consists of two houses. It is the upper house which is the house of lords,  and the lower house which is the house of commons. The Queen is the third part and she is the head.  It has the ultimate power over all political parts of the UK and it's territories.

 

The House of Lords

Has three types of members. Lord spiritual is the first group which is the senior bishops of the Church of England. The second group is the Lord temporal which is members of the peerage (the people who are noble with titles). The third group is the Law Lords which are the judges that carry out the judicial responsibilities of the house of lords . The members of the house of lords are appointed by the Queen and advised by the prime minister. 

 

The House of Commons

Are democratically elected by the people. Elections are held on different times of the year and they don't have a special period they have to sit, but it has to be within 5 years. The house of commons are divided into different chambers and are located in Westminster in London.  All government ministers including the prime minister are members of the house of commons.