Parliamentary privilege

For a similar mechanism in non-Westminster systems, see Parliamentary immunity.

Parliamentary privilege is a legal immunity enjoyed by members of certain legislatures, beginning at the end of the middle ages with the English Parliament and spreading throughout its colonies in the following centuries, in which legislators are granted protection against civil or criminal liability for actions done or statements made in the course of their legislative duties. It is common in countries whose constitutions are based on the Westminster system.

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