Which body is the supreme legislature?

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The question is about who has the ultimate power to create laws in a constitutional system. Parliament holds that authority because it is the body that passes Acts of Parliament, which become law and can be amended or repealed. The Privy Council serves mainly as an advisory body to the Crown and, where empowered, can issue Orders in Council, but these powers operate under existing Acts and Parliament can change them. Ministers of the Crown are part of the government that brings legislation to Parliament and runs the administration, but they do not themselves create laws. Government departments implement policy and draft secondary or delegated legislation under powers granted by Parliament, which is still subordinate to primary legislation. The monarch’s role is largely ceremonial, giving royal assent to Acts but not dictating legal content. Therefore, Parliament is the supreme legislature.