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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All labels observed (28)

Label Occurrences
House of Lords canonical 1,113
House of Lords of the United Kingdom 38
British House of Lords 11

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 (1,205)

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

Kingdom of Great Britain → upperHouse → House of Lords ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland → upperHouse → House of Lords ⓘ
Parliament of Great Britain → hasPart → House of Lords ⓘ
Parliament of Great Britain → composedOf → House of Lords ⓘ
United Kingdom → upperHouse → House of Lords ⓘ
Conservative Party (UK) → representedIn → House of Lords ⓘ
House of Commons of the United Kingdom → hasUpperHouse → House of Lords ⓘ
Clementine Churchill → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ
UK government → legislativeChamber → House of Lords ⓘ
Earl of Northesk → linkedToInstitution → House of Lords ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) → parliamentaryChamber → House of Lords ⓘ
Peerage of Scotland → postUnionPeersSatIn → House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Bernard Montgomery → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ
Margaret Thatcher → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ
Commons → relatedChamber → House of Lords ⓘ
Acts of Parliament → enactedBy → House of Lords ⓘ
Hansard → scope → House of Lords ⓘ
Portcullis with chains → usedBy → House of Lords ⓘ
Clementine Ogilvy Hozier → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ
Lord Byron → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ
37th United Kingdom Parliament → house → House of Lords ⓘ
Petition of Right 1628 → approvedBy → House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords of England
Harold Alexander → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ
Statute of Westminster 1931 → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ
State Opening of Parliament → hasParticipant → House of Lords ⓘ
State Opening of Parliament → mainVenue → House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords chamber
British Parliament → hasComponent → House of Lords ⓘ
British Parliament → upperHouse → House of Lords ⓘ
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ
The Lord Sainsbury of Turville → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ
Lord Selborne → parliamentaryHouse → House of Lords ⓘ
subject surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
Lord Selborne → parliamentaryHouse → House of Lords ⓘ
subject surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
James Callaghan → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ
Attorney General for England and Wales → canBeMemberOf → House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
Lord Roberts → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ
Usher of the Black Rod → partOf → House of Lords ⓘ
Usher of the Black Rod → usedBy → House of Lords ⓘ
Usher of the Black Rod → employer → House of Lords ⓘ
Long Parliament 1640 → chamber → House of Lords ⓘ
subject surface form: Long Parliament
this entity surface form: House of Lords of England
Edward I of England → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords (as monarch)
Archbishop William Sancroft → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ
subject surface form: William Sancroft
Short Parliament 1640 → house → House of Lords ⓘ
subject surface form: Short Parliament
Deputy Leader of the Opposition (UK) → associatedWithParliament → House of Lords ⓘ
Crown dependencies → notRepresentedIn → House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
David Steel → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ
Scottish representative peers in House of Lords → partOf → House of Lords ⓘ
Charles Cornwallis → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ
Lord → associatedWith → House of Lords ⓘ
Baroness → maySitByRight → House of Lords ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords (subject to law and writ of summons)
House of Lords Act 1999 → chamberAffected → House of Lords ⓘ