House of Lords

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chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom legislative body upper house of parliament

The House of Lords is the unelected upper chamber of the UK Parliament, responsible for revising legislation, scrutinizing government, and providing expert, non-constituency-based oversight.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
House of Lords of the United Kingdom	9
House of Lords of Great Britain	6
House of Lords of England	4
House of Lords (as monarch)	1
House of Lords (historically)	1
House of Lords (judicial committee prior to 2009)	1
House of Lords (subject to law and writ of summons)	1
House of Lords (when a peer of the UK, subject to reforms)	1
House of Lords as a whole	1
House of Lords chamber	1
House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom	1
United Kingdom House of Lords (historically)	1
Upper House of Parliament	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ legislative body ⓘ upper house of parliament ⓘ
canDelayMoneyBillsFor	about one month ⓘ
canDelayMostPublicBillsFor	about one year ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficer	Lord McFall of Alcluith ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm	20th century ⓘ
governingDocument	Constitutional Reform Act 2005 ⓘ House of Lords Act 1999 ⓘ Life Peerages Act 1958 ⓘ Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	life tenure for most members ⓘ no fixed size ⓘ non-constituency-based ⓘ unelected ⓘ
hasCommitteeType	delegated legislation committee ⓘ joint committee ⓘ select committee ⓘ special inquiry committee ⓘ
hasFunction	detailed committee work ⓘ examination of secondary legislation ⓘ judicial role historically ⓘ scrutiny of public policy ⓘ
hasMemberTitle	Baroness ⓘ Lord ⓘ
hasMemberType	Lord Spiritual ⓘ Lord ⓘ surface form: Lord Temporal crossbench peer ⓘ hereditary peer ⓘ life peer ⓘ party-affiliated peer ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficerTitle	Lord Speaker ⓘ
hasRole	delaying legislation ⓘ providing expert oversight ⓘ revising legislation ⓘ scrutinizing government ⓘ secondary legislative chamber ⓘ
historicalOrigin	medieval English royal council ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ
legislativeType	upper house ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
lostFunction	final court of appeal in the UK ⓘ
lostFunctionDate	2009 ⓘ
meetsIn	Palace of Westminster ⓘ
partOf	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
relationshipToHouseOfCommons	cannot ultimately block most legislation ⓘ complements elected House of Commons ⓘ
successorInJudicialRole	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ

Referenced by (244)

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

House of Lords Reform → appliesTo → House of Lords ⓘ

Standing Orders of the House of Lords → appliesTo → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Speaker → appointedBy → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Speaker of the House of Lords → appointedBy → House of Lords ⓘ

Petition of Right 1628 → approvedBy → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords of England

Pittite → associatedChamber → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords of Great Britain

Baron Keynes of Tilton → associatedWith → House of Lords ⓘ

Baron Olivier → associatedWith → House of Lords ⓘ

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey → associatedWith → House of Lords ⓘ

Earl of Burlington → associatedWith → House of Lords ⓘ

Earl of Chatham → associatedWith → House of Lords ⓘ

Liverpool (title of the Earl of Liverpool) → associatedWith → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: Earl of Liverpool

Lord → associatedWith → House of Lords ⓘ

Marquess in the Peerage of England → associatedWith → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords (historically)

Westminster World Heritage Site → associatedWith → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Chancellor of England → associatedWithInstitution → House of Lords ⓘ

Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK) → associatedWithParliament → House of Lords ⓘ

Baron Clonbrock → associatedWithPoliticalInstitution → House of Lords ⓘ

Standing Orders of the House of Lords → canBeAmendedBy → House of Lords ⓘ

Attorney General for England and Wales → canBeMemberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom

36th United Kingdom Parliament → chamber → House of Lords ⓘ

George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton → chamber → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper House of Parliament

Long Parliament 1640 → chamber → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: Long Parliament

this entity surface form: House of Lords of England

Lords of Parliament → chamber → House of Lords ⓘ

Parliament of England → chamber → House of Lords ⓘ

Rockingham Whig → chamber → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords of Great Britain

House of Lords Act 1999 → chamberAffected → House of Lords ⓘ

Baron Callaghan of Cardiff → chamberAfterCommonsCareer → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: James Callaghan

New Model Ordinance → chamberInvolved → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords of England

Life Peerages Act 1958 → changedCompositionOf → House of Lords ⓘ

House of Commons of Great Britain → coequalWith → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords of Great Britain

Parliament of Great Britain → composedOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland → comprises → House of Lords ⓘ

Crown-in-Parliament → confersPowerOn → House of Lords ⓘ

Central Lobby → connects → House of Lords ⓘ

Liberal Government (1905–1915) → curtailedPowerOf → House of Lords ⓘ

House of Lords Act 1999 → debatedIn → House of Lords ⓘ

House of Lords Reform → debatedIn → House of Lords ⓘ

Palliser series → depictsInstitution → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom

Life Peerages Act 1958 → effectOnInstitution → House of Lords ⓘ

Archibald Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope → elevationTo → House of Lords ⓘ

Usher of the Black Rod → employer → House of Lords ⓘ

Acts of Parliament → enactedBy → House of Lords ⓘ

His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 → enactedBy → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom

Life peerage (Baron Olivier) → entailsMembershipIn → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: Baron Olivier

Earl of Godolphin → governingBody → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary → grantsMembership → House of Lords ⓘ

British Parliament → hasComponent → House of Lords ⓘ

Crown-in-Parliament → hasComponent → House of Lords ⓘ

United Kingdom Acts of Parliament → hasComponent → House of Lords ⓘ