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House of Commons (Participation) Bill

That is possibly true, but we had Parliaments before that event, settled by an autocratic monarch—a monarch ruling by divine right. That was the source of the original Parliament’s power. Since then, we have had the Bill of Rights. That was passed by a Parliament. Did it have the legal right to do so? It is in fact impossible to answer such questions because the governance of a country ultimately depends on the agreement of the people of the country. We have a Parliament because that is what the people of this country want us to have.