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Parliament (UK)
= a bicameral system
Upper house: House of Lords (Lords Spiritual & Lords Temporal, elected by Sovereign on advice of Prime Minister)
Lower house: House of Commons (democratically elected, at least every 5 years)
head: Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II
Upper house: House of Lords (Lords Spiritual & Lords Temporal, elected by Sovereign on advice of Prime Minister)
Lower house: House of Commons (democratically elected, at least every 5 years)
head: Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II