Westminster system

thumb|upright=1.1|The facing benches of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom are said to contribute to an adversarial style of debate. thumb|upright=1.1|The hemicycle of the House of Representatives of [[Japan]] thumb|upright=1.1|The National Council (Switzerland)|National Council of [[Switzerland]]

lower house in the Parliament of the United Kingdom

The taoiseach is the head of government, or prime minister of Ireland. The office is appointed by the president of Ireland upon nomination by Dáil Éireann (the lower house of the Oireachtas, Ireland's national legislature) and the office-holder must retain the support of a majority in the Dáil to remain in office.

constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

democratic, parliamentary system of government which developed in the United Kingdom

representative of the monarch of Australia

mirror cabinet formed by an opposition party, not in government

grouping of members of a parliament by their partisan affiliation

viceroy of British India

journal of record of the British government

lower house of the Parliament of Australia

overview about the politics of Canada

situation in which no particular political party or pre-existing coalition has an absolute majority of legislators in a parliament or other legislature

Upper house of the Parliament of Australia

form of political opposition within a parliamentary system of government

formal request of a parliament to the respective government

formal approval of a proposed law in monarchies

presiding officer of the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament

A gazette is an official journal, a newspaper of record, or simply a newspaper.

law passed by a parliament

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Parliamentary official

type of legislative assembly

thumb|300px|Opposition backbenches in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom|British House of Commons chamber

concept of parliamentary democracy

constitutional convention of the United Kingdom

immunity of a member of parliament from prosecution

unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea

legislative order in many countries, particularly of Commonwealth realms

Lower house of the Parliament of Barbados

upper House of the bicameral legislature the Parliament of Barbados

constitutional convention in governments using the Westminster System that members of the cabinet must publicly support all governmental decisions made in Cabinet, even if they do not privately agree with them

parliamentary procedures

right|thumb|100px|A ceremonial mace (English, 17th century) as carried by the monarch's sergeants-at-arms on state occasions.

most senior male member of a Parliament

thumb|Hansard's title page in 1832 Hansard is the transcripts of parliamentary debates in Britain and many Commonwealth countries. It is named after Thomas Curson Hansard (1776–1833), a London printer and publisher, who was the first official printer to the Parliament at Westminster.

representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands

historic English lower house of Parliament, from the medieval period until 1707

Obsolete administrative area in England

parliamentary reporters

words that offend the dignity of an assembly

one-government dominance of a parliament

constitutional convention in governments using the Westminster System that a cabinet minister bears the ultimate responsibility for the actions of their ministry or department

the power exercised by a minor political party whose support enables a minority government to obtain office

British Parliament lower house from 1707 to 1801

in some parliaments a bill introduced by a member not on behalf of the executive government

colonial legislature (1946–1955)

political term

democratic concept

Senior member of the UK House of Commons