House of Lords

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chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom legislative body upper house of parliament

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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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
House of Lords of the United Kingdom	9
House of Lords of Great Britain	6
House of Lords of England	4
House of Lords (as monarch)	1
House of Lords (historically)	1
House of Lords (judicial committee prior to 2009)	1
House of Lords (subject to law and writ of summons)	1
House of Lords (when a peer of the UK, subject to reforms)	1
House of Lords as a whole	1
House of Lords chamber	1
House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom	1
United Kingdom House of Lords (historically)	1
Upper House of Parliament	1

Statements (51)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (244)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Canning → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Cork and Orrery → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Curzon → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Fisher → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Gort → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Hardinge → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Kitchener → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Lytton → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Roberts → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Trenchard → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Margaret Jay → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Margaret Thatcher → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Neil Kinnock → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Nicholas Stern → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Noel Annan → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Norman Foster → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom

Richard Attenborough → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Richard Rogers → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Liverpool (title of the Earl of Liverpool) → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool

1st Earl of Selborne → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne

Rowan Williams → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Admiral Samuel Hood → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

Samuel Wilberforce → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Sebastian Coe → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Sholto Douglas → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Sir John Anderson → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Solicitor General for England and Wales → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

The Duke of Grafton → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

The Lord Sainsbury of Turville → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin

Thomas Fairfax → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Tom Stoppard → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Duke of Portland → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

William Hague → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

William Maxwell Aitken → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

2nd Earl of Selborne → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne

Earl of Chatham → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: William Pitt the Elder

Archbishop William Sancroft → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: William Sancroft

William Slim → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire → memberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Short Money → notApplicableChamber → House of Lords ⓘ

Crown dependencies → notRepresentedIn → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom

Lord Chancellor of England → officeHeldByPresidingOfficerOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Exclusion Crisis → opponent → House of Lords ⓘ

People's Budget of 1909 → opposedBy → House of Lords ⓘ

House of Commons of Great Britain → otherChamber → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords of Great Britain

Liberal Party (UK) → parliamentaryChamber → House of Lords ⓘ