As the name suggests, the different roles in the BP debate derive directly from the British Parliament. Since the Magna Carta in 1295, the power of the king of England was significantly checked by a council of governing nobles, marking the birth of the first parliamentary government in the world. By the 14th century, the English parliament was formally split into two houses: the House of Lords and the House of Commons, which correlate to the opening and closing halves of a ro