«British Parliament – composition and reform. Law-making process.»

The medieval kings were expected to meet all royal expenses of their own revenue. If Sovereign needed money he would seek to persuade his barons, in Great Council, to grant an aid. The Great Council came to include the tenants-in-chief and the commons. The two parts together got a name «Parliament». The first king summoned Parliament was Richard I.

This reform was called «gilded revolution» by British newspapers. So the 800 years of history of the House of Lords ended in 7 minutes when Michael Davies, the clerk of parliaments, announced the names of 75 hereditary peers.

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