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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Baroness Neuberger memberOf House of Lords
Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro memberOf House of Lords
Baron Boyd-Orr memberOf House of Lords
Viscount Lowther memberOf House of Lords
John memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
Lord Pannick memberOf House of Lords
Lord Smith of Kelvin memberOf House of Lords
John Charles Walsham Reith memberOf House of Lords
Henry Booth, Lord Delamere memberOf House of Lords
Baron Carswell memberOf House of Lords
Baron Joseph of Portsoken in the City of London memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Keith Joseph
Lord Brougham memberOf House of Lords
2nd Baron Tennyson memberOf House of Lords
Baron Healey memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Denis Healey
Melvyn Bragg memberOf House of Lords
2nd Earl of Shelburne memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
John memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton
Sir Alec Broers memberOf House of Lords
Plumer memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
Baron Ellenborough memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough
Angus Maude memberOf House of Lords
Ken Clarke memberOf House of Lords
E. F. L. Wood memberOf House of Lords
Helen Mary Warnock memberOf House of Lords
Helen memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Helen Mary Warnock
Baroness Warnock memberOf House of Lords
John Browne memberOf House of Lords
Manic Eden memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: James Christian