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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Lord Fraser of Tullybelton memberOf House of Lords
Donald James Nicholls memberOf House of Lords
Donald memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Donald Nicholls, Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead
Brydges memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
Maurice Saatchi memberOf House of Lords
Lord Browne-Wilkinson memberOf House of Lords
Baron Evans of Weardale memberOf House of Lords
John memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
7th Earl of Sandwich memberOf House of Lords
Arthur Michael Ramsey memberOf House of Lords
Earl of Bute memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
Earl of Onslow memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Michael William Coplestone Dillon Onslow, 8th Earl of Onslow
Gilbert Burnet memberOf House of Lords
Willetts memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: David Willetts, Baron Willetts
Baron Farmer memberOf House of Lords
Peregrine Hyde Osborne memberOf House of Lords
George Granville memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
Norman Fowler memberOf House of Lords
Earl of Wilmington memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
Fenner Brockway memberOf House of Lords
Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (1753–1841) memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue
Chichester Fortescue, 2nd Baron Clermont (1823–1898) memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Chichester Fortescue, 2nd Baron Clermont
Thomas Graham memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch
Henry Hopkinson memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Henry Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton
Lord Carson memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Edward Carson
Bernard Edward Barnaby memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Bernard Edward Barnaby FitzPatrick
Philip memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton
2nd Baron Castletown memberOf House of Lords
Henry Bathurst memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst
Baron Goldsmith memberOf House of Lords