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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Catherine Ashton member of House of Lords
Goderich ministry chamber House of Lords
6th UK Parliament hasPart House of Lords
Trial of Queen Caroline location House of Lords
Trial of Queen Caroline hasParticipant House of Lords
Lord Eldon memberOf House of Lords
Lord Harrowby memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby
Lord Buckinghamshire memberOfHouse House of Lords
subject surface form: Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire
Lord Bexley parliamentaryBody House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
Lord Methuen memberOf House of Lords
Lord Hope of Craighead memberOf House of Lords
Tudor court associatedWith House of Lords
Hugh Trevor-Roper memberOf House of Lords
Hugh Foot memberOf House of Lords
Roy Jenkins memberOf House of Lords
Baron Hague of Richmond chamber House of Lords
Baron Hague of Richmond memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: William Hague
Baron Lyndhurst memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
Lord Lyndhurst parliamentaryHouse House of Lords
subject surface form: John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
Beeban Kidron memberOf House of Lords
Paddy Ashdown memberOf House of Lords
Henry Compton, Bishop of London memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Henry Compton
Lord Somers memberOf House of Lords
5th Earl of Carnarvon memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
George Spencer parliamentaryHouse House of Lords
subject surface form: George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough
Alan Bullock memberOf House of Lords
Baroness Jay of Paddington house House of Lords
Sir Eric Drummond memberOf House of Lords
Countess of Derby associatedWith House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords (historically via the Earl of Derby)
John Boyd Orr memberOf House of Lords
Watson-Wentworth associatedChamber House of Lords