The Queens Parliament

## History and Function

The Queens Parliament was the Legislative and Judiciary body of The Brettish Empire. The Queens Parliament was first established after a failed insurrection initiated by King Charles Orwell to remove Queen Lacy Mancaster from power. During the insurrection most of the local armed forces sided with the king, albeit for the Citizens of Londa and The Knightly House of Mancaster. Queen Lacy managed to come out on top during the insurrection and to show her appreciation for her peoples support, she instituted the creation of the "**Queens Parliament**" a permanent elected chamber of the Empire to both represent the common man, and keep the Monarch's power in check.

The Queens Parliament would vary in size starting out with one Parliamentary Minister and several dozen Parliamentary Members (PMs). By 1750 A.T.F the Parliament had expanded to Three Parliamentary Ministers (The Minister of Londa, The Minister of Home Territories, and The Minister of The Colonies), and nearly 300 MPs representing over Parliamentary Constituencies (Voting Districts). Parliament initially had the power to make and interpret the law, acting as the Legislative and Judiciary body of the Government, relying solely on the Monarch to greenlight any decisions passed by Parliament. Although Parliament was handicapped by this reliance on the Queen, inturn the Queen could not make any changes to laws previously enacted by Parliament, even if the laws had been passed under the rule of a predecessor. As such this created a symbiotic relationship between the Crown and Parliament.

This would later change in the early 1650's A.T.F, after Parliament Successfully managed to wrangle executive power away from the Queen of Brettland. From 1653 A.T.F and onwards, The Brettish Parliament was responsible with the true administration of the Brettish Empire with The Minister of Londa acting as the "Prime" Minister of The Empire, and The Ministers of the Colonial and Home Territories acting as his subordinates. The Prime Minister was now incharge of what bills were signed off on, and what wasn't, while having his power kept in check by the Parliamentary Ministers; who were responsible for electing their Prime Minister and possessed the power to impeach him with a majority vote. Parliament was now the full Executive, Judiciary, and Legislative Body of The Brettish Empire. With this newfound power, The Queens Parliament was responsible for lawmaking, checking and administering the work of the government (Judges, Governors, The Military, Ect), government spending, and foreign relations (primarily headed by The Prime Minister). While the Queen acted in a more ceremonial role, The Queen still had the power to propose bills, appoint Governors, Generals, and Admirals. (appointments required a 2/3 majority of Ministers for approval)

## Positions:

**Parliamentary Ministers:**

Parliamentary Ministers are the elected heads of Parliament. Candidates must be Parliamentary Members themselves, and campaign by trying to sway the votes of other Parliamentary Members across party lines. This process of elections can sometimes causes gridlock, thus if the Parliamentary Members come down to a tie and the tie can not be broken, then the reigning Parliamentary Minister will break the tie. Parliamentary Ministers are elected every five years, and they have no limits on how many times they can run.