Short answers, pulled from the story.
The year 1215 marks the earliest recorded establishment of what would become the Parliament of England. This assembly grew slowly over centuries, evolving from a council advising the monarch into a powerful legislative body.
A party needs 326 seats to win a majority in this house. The House of Commons serves as the elected lower chamber with 650 single-member constituencies where elections occur at least every five years under the first-past-the-post system.
The last refusal occurred in 1708 when Queen Anne withheld assent from militia settlement bills. Since then no British monarch has entered the Commons while it sits in session following events from 1642 when King Charles I attempted unsuccessfully to arrest five members including John Hampden sparking the English Civil War.
European Union membership between 1973 and 2020 subjected Britain to rulings from the European Court of Justice including the Factortame case where British courts could overturn incompatible legislation. The European Union Withdrawal Agreement Act 2020 recognized parliamentary sovereignty while ending EU legal supremacy on January 31st that same year.
Question Time lasts one hour daily from Monday through Thursday with specific time slots varying by day. Each Government department appears in a rota repeating every five weeks while Business Questions occur weekly about upcoming House business.