Ecclesiastical feeling moved in favour of austere, whitewashed walls, screens and pillars by the 17th century, and Parliament decreed these changes in the 1640s.

Parliament decreed that those who had been professed under the age of 21 were allowed to marry.

Parliament, which has considered the matter carefully, has decreed that the only exceptions should be children involved as victims and the victims of rape.

Parliament decreed that her infant son, Robert Stewart, was to be heir presumptive, but this lapsed on 5 March 1324 on the birth of a son, David, to King Robert.

In March 1642 with the King absent from London and war clouds gathering, Parliament decreed that its own Parliamentary Ordinances were valid laws, even without royal assent.

The Parliament also laid claim to all other banks on its territory, and decreed that all except the state bank would be reorganized as commercial banks issuing their own shares and operating independently.

After the regicide, Virginia remained faithful to the House of Stuart, although Parliament had decreed that support for Charles II was treason.

During the reign of Edward II, the political power of the fishmongers waned and Parliament decreed that no fishmonger could become mayor of the city.

In 1385 the Parliament of Scotland decreed that Scottish soldiers should wear the saltire as a distinguishing mark.

In 1961, the Parliament decreed IITs as Institutes of National Importance.