House of Lords

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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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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

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Lord High Steward associatedWith House of Lords
1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: George Curzon, 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston
John Montagu memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich
Douglas Hamilton parliamentaryAffiliation House of Lords
subject surface form: Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
this entity surface form: British House of Lords
Evgeny Lebedev memberOf House of Lords
Edmund Allenby memberOf House of Lords
James Molyneaux associatedWith House of Lords
Lord Bathurst memberOf House of Lords
hereditary Chamber of Peers inspiredBy House of Lords
this entity surface form: British House of Lords
Glenys Kinnock memberOf House of Lords
Peter Goldsmith memberOf House of Lords
Tina memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Tina Stowell, Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Jim Callaghan memberOf House of Lords
Geoffrey Lawrence memberOf House of Lords
Kinnock memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Neil Kinnock
Richard Haldane memberOf House of Lords
King-in-Parliament component House of Lords
Lord Simon Stevens memberOf House of Lords
Baroness Hale of Richmond memberOf House of Lords
UK Parliament 2017–2019 chamber House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords in the 2017–2019 Parliament
Lord Acton memberOf House of Lords
Bill Rodgers legislativeBody House of Lords
Bill Rodgers memberOf House of Lords
Baron Drummond of Stobhall memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Eric Drummond, 1st Baron Drummond of Stobhall
Vane associatedWith House of Lords
Keppel family associatedOrganization House of Lords
Baroness Young of Hornsey memberOf House of Lords
Baron Sacks legislativeHouse House of Lords
Lord Derby parliamentaryHouse House of Lords
Nicky Morgan parliamentaryGroup House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
Nicky Morgan memberOf House of Lords
Lord Bilimoria memberOf House of Lords
Baron Hood usedIn House of Lords
this entity surface form: British House of Lords