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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House of Lords Act 1999 debatedIn House of Lords
Archbishop of Canterbury memberOf House of Lords
Parliament of England hasPart House of Lords
Parliament of England chamber House of Lords
Lord Speaker legislativeBody House of Lords
Lord Speaker appointedBy House of Lords
Lord Speaker hasConstituency House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords as a whole
Lord Speaker reportsTo House of Lords
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 interpretedBy House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords (judicial committee prior to 2009)
Peerage of Ireland representativePeersSatIn House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
Earl of Chatham associatedWith House of Lords
Earl of Chatham memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: William Pitt the Elder
Lord Barham memberOf House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
Arthur Tedder memberOf House of Lords
Earl Marshal seat House of Lords
Earl isMemberOf House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords (when a peer of the UK, subject to reforms)
Norman Foster memberOf House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
Lord Gort memberOf House of Lords
Pittite associatedChamber House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords of Great Britain
Sholto Douglas memberOf House of Lords
New Model Ordinance chamberInvolved House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords of England
Palliser series depictsInstitution House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
36th United Kingdom Parliament hasPart House of Lords
36th United Kingdom Parliament chamber House of Lords
Lord Trenchard memberOf House of Lords
Lord Fisher memberOf House of Lords
Lord Kitchener memberOf House of Lords
Richard Attenborough memberOf House of Lords
Norman Lamont legislativeBody House of Lords
The Duke of Grafton memberOf House of Lords
William Slim memberOf House of Lords
House of Commons of Great Britain coequalWith House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords of Great Britain
House of Commons of Great Britain otherChamber House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords of Great Britain