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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Parliament of 1628 legislativeBody House of Lords
Parliament of 1628 hasPart House of Lords
John memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley
Owen Meredith memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
Alexander Wedderburn memberOf House of Lords
6th Earl of Coventry memberOf House of Lords
2010–2012 UK Parliament hasPart House of Lords
1st Baron Hawke memberOf House of Lords
Lord Keith Bradley house House of Lords
subject surface form: Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley
Lord Keith Bradley memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley
The Governance of Britain mainSubject House of Lords
Henry Compton memberOf House of Lords
Earl Russell hasHistoricalAssociation House of Lords
Max Aitken memberOf House of Lords
Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby memberOf House of Lords
William Best memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: William Best, 1st Baron Wynford
Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns memberOf House of Lords
Admiral Lord Howe memberOf House of Lords
John Bird Sumner memberOf House of Lords
Marquesses of Buckingham heldOfficeIn House of Lords
John Brabourne memberOf House of Lords
The Earl of Willingdon memberOf House of Lords
James Gambier memberOf House of Lords
Douglas Cause decisionBy House of Lords
1st Earl Cadogan memberOf House of Lords
3rd Duke of Fife memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
John Jervis memberOf House of Lords
Webber memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Tessa Jowell memberOf House of Lords
Baron Cadogan of Reading jurisdiction House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords (historical)
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood memberOf House of Lords
Edward Wood memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Earl Canning memberOf House of Lords
Earl of Arran associatedWith House of Lords