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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2nd Earl Cathcart memberOf House of Lords
Harry Kenneth Woolf memberOf House of Lords
Harry memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Harry Woolf
Hugh Smithson memberOf House of Lords
Lord Wilson of Dinton memberOf House of Lords
Baron Woolf memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Lord Woolf
Lew Grade memberOf House of Lords
Philip memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Mark Malloch-Brown memberOf House of Lords
Sir Brian Hutton memberOf House of Lords
Rabbi Dr. Immanuel Jakobovits memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Immanuel Jakobovits
Greville Janner memberOf House of Lords
Viscount Stormont memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield
Sir Jonathan Mance memberOf House of Lords
Derek Ezra, Baron Ezra memberOf House of Lords
Emanuel Shinwell memberOf House of Lords
Lord Gowrie memberOf House of Lords
Jeffery memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
4th Earl of Rochford memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford
Rodger memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry
Francis memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings
1st Marquess of Hastings memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings
Mark Oliver Saville memberOf House of Lords
Baron Saville of Newdigate memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Mark Oliver Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate
Lord Plunket memberOf House of Lords
Earl Ranfurly memberOf House of Lords
Admiral Andrew Cunningham memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Andrew Cunningham
Baron Scott of Foscote memberOf House of Lords
Robert Lionel Goff memberOf House of Lords
Lord Diplock memberOf House of Lords
Lord Scarman memberOf House of Lords
Lord Roskill memberOf House of Lords
Lord Brightman memberOf House of Lords
Lord Keith of Kinkel memberOf House of Lords
Lord Mustill memberOf House of Lords