Parliamentary privilege in the United KingdomParliamentary privilege in the United Kingdom is a legal immunity enjoyed by members of the House of Commons and House of Lords designed to ensure that parliamentarians are able to carry out their duties free from interference. The privileges are freedom of speech, freedom from arrest on civil matters, freedom of access to the sovereign, and that "the most favourable construction should be placed on all the Houses' proceedings".
Member of parliamentA member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuses, with members of the same political party. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title.
House of LordsUpper house of the UK ParliamentThe House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Its origins lie in the early 11th century and the emergence of bicameralism in the 14th century. Unlike the House of Commons, membership of the Lords is not acquired by election.
Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Although the House of Lords is also a house of Parliament, its members are not termed "Members of Parliament".
Charles I of EnglandKing of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 to 1649Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland. After his father inherited the English throne in 1603, he moved to England, where he spent much of the rest of his life.
John PymJohn Pym (20 May 1584 – 8 December 1643) was an English politician, commonly credited with helping establish the modern English Parliamentary system. A key leader of the opposition to Charles I of England prior to the First English Civil War, his use of procedure to outmanoeuvre opponents was unusual for the period.
House of Commons of EnglandThe House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporatedWales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain after the 1707 Act of Union was passed in both the English and Scottish parliaments at the time.
Long ParliamentEnglish Parliament from 1640 to 1660 Parliaments of England Predecessors Witenagemot 7th – 11th centuries Curia regis 1066 – c. 1215 Henry III 1st 1237 2nd 1242 3rd 1244 4th 1246 3rd 1247 4th 1248 Unnumbered 1251 5th 1252 6th 1253 7th 1254 8th 1255 9th 1255 10th 1258 11th 1258 12th 1258 13th "Oxford/Mad" 1258 14th 1259 15th 1259 16th 1259 17th 1260 18th 1260 19th 1260 20th 1261 21st 1262 22nd 1262 23rd 1263 24th 1263 25th 1264 26th "Simon de Montfort" 1265 27th 1265 28th 1265 29th 1266 30th 1267 31st 1267 32nd 1268 33rd 1268 34th 1268 35th 1269 36th 1269 37th 1270 38th 1272 Edward I "Model" 1295 Edward II "Westminster" 1327 Edward III "Good" 1376 "Bad" 1377 Richard II "Wonderful" 1386 "Merciless" 1388 Henry IV "Convention" 1399 "Unlearned" 1404 Henry V "Fire and Faggot" 1414 Henry VI "Bats" 1426 "Devils" 1459 Edward IV Richard III Henry VII Henry VIII "Reformation" 1529–1536 Edward VI Mary I 1st 1553 2nd 1554 3rd 1554–1555 4th 1555 5th 1558 Elizabeth I 1st 1559 2nd 1563–1567 3rd 1571 4th 1572–1583 5th 1584–1585 6th 1586–1587 7th 1589 8th 1593 9th 1597–1598 10th 1601 James I 1st "Blessed" 1604 2nd "Addled" 1614 3rd 1621 4th 1624 Charles I 1st "Useless" 1625 2nd 1626 3rd 1628 4th "Short" Apr 1640 5th "Long" (1) Nov 1640 Oxford/Mongrel 1644 Revolution and Commonwealth 1st "Long" (2) 1645 2nd "Rump" (1) 1648 3rd "Barebone's/Little/Nominated Assembly/Saints" 1653 Protectorate 1st 1654 2nd 1656 3rd 1659 4th "Rump" (2) 1659 Commonwealth 1st "Rump" (3) 1659 2nd "Long" (3) 1660 Charles II 1st "Convention" 1660 2nd "Cavalier" 1661 3rd "Habeas Corpus/First Exclusion" 1679 4th "Exclusion Bill/Second Exclusion" 1680 5th "Oxford/Third Exclusion" 1681 James II "Loyal" 1685 William III and Mary II 1st "Convention" 1689 2nd 1690 3rd 1695 4th 1698 5th Feb 1701 6th Dec 1701 Anne 1st 1702 2nd 1705 List of parliaments of England List of acts of the Parliament of England Parliaments of Great Britain Other countries vte Parliament Act 1640Act of ParliamentParliament of EnglandLong titleAn Act to prevent inconveniences which may happen by the untimely adjourning, proroguing, or dissolving this present Parliament.Citation16 Cha.
John HampdenJohn Hampden (c. June 1595 – 24 June 1643) was an English politician from Oxfordshire, who was killed fighting for Parliament in the First English Civil War. An ally of John Pym, and cousin of Oliver Cromwell, he was one of the Five Members whom Charles I of England tried to arrest in January 1642, a significant step in the outbreak of fighting in August. All five are commemorated at the State Opening of Parliament each year.PuritansThe Puritans were English Protestants of the reformed theology in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant. Puritanism played a significant role in English and early American history, especially in the Protectorate in Great Britain, and the earlier European settlement of New England.
English Civil WarThe English Civil War or Great Rebellion was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the struggle consisted of the First English Civil War and the Second English Civil War. The Anglo-Scottish war of 1650 to 1652 is sometimes referred to as the Third English Civil War.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.