Member of the House of Lords

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legislative role parliamentary position public office

A Member of the House of Lords is an appointed or hereditary legislator who sits in the upper chamber of the UK Parliament, reviewing and revising legislation and contributing to national policy debates.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Member of the House of Lords canonical 7
Members of the House of Lords 2
House of Lords of the United Kingdom (during tenure as peer) 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative role ⓘ
parliamentary position ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appointedBy monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedOnAdviceOf House of Lords Appointments Commission ⓘ
Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
canBe Lord Spiritual ⓘ
Lord Temporal ⓘ
hereditary peer ⓘ
life peer ⓘ
cannot vote in UK general elections in the House of Commons ⓘ
ceremonialRole participation in the State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
chamber upper house of the UK Parliament ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentlyIncludes 92 elected hereditary peers ⓘ
bishops of the Church of England ⓘ
life peers appointed under the Life Peerages Act 1958 ⓘ
dressCode may wear robes on ceremonial occasions ⓘ
eligibleFrom age 21 ⓘ
function contribute to public policy debates ⓘ
hold the government to account ⓘ
initiate legislation ⓘ
propose amendments to bills ⓘ
review legislation passed by the House of Commons ⓘ
scrutinize secondary legislation ⓘ
serve on select committees ⓘ
hasPrivilege parliamentary privilege ⓘ
hasRole committee member ⓘ
law reviewer ⓘ
legislator ⓘ
participant in national policy debates ⓘ
scrutinizer of government ⓘ
secondary legislator ⓘ
hasTitle Baron ⓘ
Baroness ⓘ
Duke ⓘ
Earl ⓘ
Lord ⓘ
Marquess ⓘ
Viscount ⓘ
historicallyIncluded all hereditary peers ⓘ
legalBasis Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 ⓘ
House of Lords Act 1999 ⓘ
Life Peerages Act 1958 ⓘ
locatedIn Palace of Westminster ⓘ
mustNotBe disqualified under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 ⓘ
oathRequirement must take the oath of allegiance or make a solemn affirmation ⓘ
oversightBy House of Lords Commissioner for Standards ⓘ
partOf House of Lords ⓘ
British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
remuneration daily attendance allowance ⓘ
reimbursement of certain expenses ⓘ
reportsTo electorate indirectly through Parliament ⓘ
termLength life for life peers ⓘ
until death or resignation for most members ⓘ
votingRight vote in divisions of the House of Lords ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Member of the House of Lords
Description of subject: A Member of the House of Lords is an appointed or hereditary legislator who sits in the upper chamber of the UK Parliament, reviewing and revising legislation and contributing to national policy debates.

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chris Patten → positionHeld → Member of the House of Lords ⓘ
Central Lobby → usedBy → Member of the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Members of the House of Lords
Neil Kinnock → positionHeld → Member of the House of Lords ⓘ
Eric Drummond → positionHeld → Member of the House of Lords ⓘ
William Beveridge → positionHeld → Member of the House of Lords ⓘ
Nigel Dodds (acting) → partOf → Member of the House of Lords ⓘ
subject surface form: Nigel Dodds
this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom (during tenure as peer)
William Jefferson Hague → positionHeld → Member of the House of Lords ⓘ
subject surface form: William Hague
Baron Hague of Richmond → positionHeld → Member of the House of Lords ⓘ
subject surface form: William Hague
Norman Tebbit → positionHeld → Member of the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom
Hilary Armstrong → positionHeld → Member of the House of Lords ⓘ
UK Parliament publications → audience → Member of the House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Members of the House of Lords