World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Official name of the country:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland
Official language: English
Official name of Parliament:*
Parliament -Bicameral -
- Official names of Chambers: House of Lords (1) House of Commons (2)
About
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Alderney,
crown dependency
Anguilla,
dependent territory
Bermuda,
dependent territory
Britisch
Virgin Islands, dependent territory
Cayman
Islands, dependent territory
Falkland
Islands, dependent territory
Gibraltar,
dependent territory
Guernsey,
crown dependency
Isle
of Man, crown dependency
Jersey,
crown dependency
Montserat,
dependent territory
Northern
Ireland, direct rule since 1972
Scotland
Saint
Helena and St. Helena Dependencies (Ascension and Tristan da
Cunha), dependent territory
Sark,
crown dependency
Turks
and Caicos Islands, dependent territory