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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Tim Thornton memberOf House of Lords
Onora memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Onora O'Neill
Gerard Lake memberOf House of Lords
Lord Carrington memberOf House of Lords
Lord Mansfield memberOf House of Lords
Peregrine Cavendish memberOf House of Lords
John Inge memberOf House of Lords
Conrad Russell memberOf House of Lords
1st Earl of Ypres memberOf House of Lords
Baron Chelmsford memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford
1st Viscount Allenby memberOf House of Lords
Baroness Soames memberOf House of Lords
1st Viscount Greenwood memberOf House of Lords
8th Duke of Devonshire memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
Lord Willetts memberOf House of Lords
Field Marshal Harold Alexander memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Harold Alexander
Earl of Chesterfield memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Earl of Uxbridge memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
Richard Lloyd George memberOf House of Lords
1st Baron Gambier memberOf House of Lords
Igor Judge memberOf House of Lords
Baron Steyn memberOf House of Lords
Baron Raglan memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
Gathorne Hardy memberOf House of Lords
Baron Oxburgh memberOf House of Lords
Oxburgh memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Ronald Oxburgh
Dorchester, Lord (Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester) memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
Jonathan Hugh Mance memberOf House of Lords
Thomas Henry Bingham memberOf House of Lords
Alfred Milner memberOf House of Lords
Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury memberOf House of Lords
Lady Hale of Richmond memberOf House of Lords
John memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland
5th Earl of Derby memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby
6th Earl of Derby memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby
Edward Maltby memberOf House of Lords
Francis memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater
General Sir Peter Inge memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Peter Inge