How Parliament has influenced and affected a range of aspects of our private lives, including the money we earn and our personal relationships
During the past 200 years Parliament has focused its attention on a wide range of issues affecting people's personal lives in relation to marriage, divorce and sexuality
Parliament has shaped the religious life of the nation
For centuries one of the key functions of Parliament has been the raising of taxes, originally at the request of the monarch but more recently in order to support the work and machinery of Government
What Parliament does and its main roles of scrutiny, legislation and raising taxes