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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Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Michael Ramsey
Curzon family hasConnectionTo House of Lords
Lord Mackay of Clashfern memberOf House of Lords
Christopher Guest memberOf House of Lords
Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire memberOf House of Lords
this entity surface form: British House of Lords
Duke of Brandon linkedParliamentaryRepresentation House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords (pre-1999)
Lord Bannside officeChamber House of Lords
Lord Bannside entailsMembership House of Lords
Susan Greenfield memberOf House of Lords
Susan Greenfield memberOf House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
Legislative Council of Barbados influencedBy House of Lords
this entity surface form: British House of Lords
UK Parliament 1964–1966 hasPart House of Lords
UK Parliament 1979–1983 hasComponent House of Lords
John Julius Cooper memberOf House of Lords
UK Parliament 1983–1987 house House of Lords
Woodrow Wyatt memberOf House of Lords
Doug Aldrich memberOf House of Lords
Doug Aldrich associatedAct House of Lords
Black Rod’s Garden associatedWith House of Lords
Sir Michael Adeane memberOf House of Lords
Sir Robin Janvrin memberOf House of Lords
Sir Christopher Geidt memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Christopher Geidt
Viscount Cranborne associatedWith House of Lords
Viscount Cranborne legislativeBody House of Lords
subject surface form: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury
Field Marshal Philip Chetwode memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Philip Chetwode
Lord Clarendon memberOf House of Lords
Shami Chakrabarti memberOf House of Lords
John Carteret memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville