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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George Stephen memberOf House of Lords
Donald Smith memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
Sea Wolf memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
Barons Montagu of Beaulieu memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
Brenda Marjorie Hale memberOf House of Lords
Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Bill Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank
Nigel Dodds memberOf House of Lords
Charles Robert Carington memberOf House of Lords
1st Viscount Keppel memberOf House of Lords
Glenys Elizabeth Parry memberOf House of Lords
Baroness Morgan of Cotes memberOf House of Lords
1st Earl of Albemarle memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle
Karan Faridoon Bilimoria memberOf House of Lords
Karan memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria
Thomas Cecil memberOf House of Lords
John memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
Vansittart memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart
3rd Baron Methuen memberOf House of Lords
John memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
Philip memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
Paul Sanford Methuen memberOf House of Lords
Sue Ryder memberOf House of Lords
James Arthur David Hope memberOf House of Lords
Roger Keyes memberOf House of Lords
John Scott memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
Henry Neville Gladstone memberOf House of Lords
Truscott memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott
Edward Clive memberOf House of Lords
Hugh Mackintosh Foot memberOf House of Lords
John Foot, Baron Foot memberOf House of Lords
Baron Carrington memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Governor General of Canada Julian Byng memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy
Jeremy John Durham Ashdown memberOf House of Lords
Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Edwin Sandys
George memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough
Thomas Pelham-Holles memberOf House of Lords
1st Viscount Perth memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: James Eric Drummond, 1st Viscount Perth