House of Lords

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chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom legislative body upper house of parliament

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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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
House of Lords of the United Kingdom	9
House of Lords of Great Britain	6
House of Lords of England	4
House of Lords (as monarch)	1
House of Lords (historically)	1
House of Lords (judicial committee prior to 2009)	1
House of Lords (subject to law and writ of summons)	1
House of Lords (when a peer of the UK, subject to reforms)	1
House of Lords as a whole	1
House of Lords chamber	1
House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom	1
United Kingdom House of Lords (historically)	1
Upper House of Parliament	1

Statements (51)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (244)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Speaker → hasConstituency → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords as a whole

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary → hasHouse → House of Lords ⓘ

Marquess of Abercorn → hasJurisdiction → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom House of Lords (historically)

Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland → hasMemberChamber → House of Lords ⓘ

House of Commons of England → hasParliamentaryChamberAbove → House of Lords ⓘ

36th United Kingdom Parliament → hasPart → House of Lords ⓘ

38th Parliament of the United Kingdom → hasPart → House of Lords ⓘ

Model Parliament of 1295 → hasPart → House of Lords ⓘ

Parliament of England → hasPart → House of Lords ⓘ

Parliament of Great Britain → hasPart → House of Lords ⓘ

Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland → hasPart → House of Lords ⓘ

State Opening of Parliament → hasParticipant → House of Lords ⓘ

Peerage of the United Kingdom → hasRelatedInstitution → House of Lords ⓘ

House of Commons of the United Kingdom → hasUpperHouse → House of Lords ⓘ

37th United Kingdom Parliament → house → House of Lords ⓘ

Baron Callaghan of Cardiff → house → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Irvine of Lairg → house → House of Lords ⓘ

Short Parliament 1640 → house → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: Short Parliament

Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 → interpretedBy → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords (judicial committee prior to 2009)

Act against Dissolution without Consent of Parliament → involvesInstitution → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords of England

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions → isAccountableTo → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom

Earl → isMemberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords (when a peer of the UK, subject to reforms)

Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords → jurisdiction → House of Lords ⓘ

Archibald Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ

Life peerage (Baron Olivier) → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: Baron Olivier

Baroness Stowell of Beeston → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ

Steel → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: David Steel

Greater London Authority Act 1999 → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ

His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom

Lord Speaker → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ

National Insurance Act 1913 → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ

Norman Lamont → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ

Parliament of 1629 → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ

Peerage Act 1963 → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ

Seizure of Arms Act 1819 → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ

Stamp Act 1765 → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ

Statute of Westminster 1931 → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ

Succession to the Crown Act 2013 → legislativeBody → House of Lords ⓘ

UK government → legislativeChamber → House of Lords ⓘ

Earl of Northesk → linkedToInstitution → House of Lords ⓘ

Woolsack → locatedIn → House of Lords ⓘ

People's Budget of 1909 → locationOfDebate → House of Lords ⓘ

State Opening of Parliament → mainVenue → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords chamber

Baroness → maySitByRight → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords (subject to law and writ of summons)

Alan Brooke → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Andrew Cunningham → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Andrew Lloyd Webber → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Eden → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: Anthony Eden

Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Archbishop of Canterbury → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ