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.

European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 → parliamentaryChamberInvolved → House of Lords ⓘ

Duke of Newcastle → parliamentaryGroup → House of Lords ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond → parliamentaryHouse → House of Lords ⓘ

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham → parliamentaryHouse → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord McFall of Alcluith → parliamentaryHouse → House of Lords ⓘ

Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park → parliamentaryHouse → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Selborne → parliamentaryHouse → House of Lords ⓘ

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

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne → parliamentaryHouse → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Selborne → parliamentaryHouse → House of Lords ⓘ

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

Earl of Beaconsfield → parliamentaryHouseEntitlement → House of Lords ⓘ

House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct → partOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Speaker of the House of Lords → partOf → House of Lords ⓘ

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

Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords → partOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords → partOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Scottish representative peers in House of Lords → partOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Usher of the Black Rod → partOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Coronation of James II → participant → House of Lords ⓘ

Peelite Conservatives → participatedIn → House of Lords ⓘ

European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 → passedBy → House of Lords ⓘ

Peerage of Scotland → postUnionPeersSatIn → House of Lords ⓘ

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

Lord McFall of Alcluith → presidingOfficerOf → House of Lords ⓘ

Commons → relatedChamber → House of Lords ⓘ

House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct → reportsTo → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Speaker → reportsTo → House of Lords ⓘ

Peerage of Ireland → representativePeersSatIn → House of Lords ⓘ

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

Conservative Party (UK) → representedIn → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Speaker of the House of Lords → represents → House of Lords ⓘ

Lord Speaker of the House of Lords → residence → House of Lords ⓘ

Hansard → scope → House of Lords ⓘ

Earl Marshal → seat → House of Lords ⓘ

Command Papers → submittedTo → House of Lords ⓘ

Estates of Parliament → succeededBy → House of Lords ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Lords of Great Britain

Lord High Treasurer → traditionallyMemberOf → House of Lords ⓘ

British Parliament → upperHouse → House of Lords ⓘ

Constitution of the United Kingdom → upperHouse → House of Lords ⓘ

Kingdom of Great Britain → upperHouse → House of Lords ⓘ

United Kingdom → upperHouse → House of Lords ⓘ

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland → upperHouse → House of Lords ⓘ

Cap of Maintenance → usedBy → House of Lords ⓘ

House of Lords chamber → usedBy → House of Lords ⓘ

Portcullis with chains → usedBy → House of Lords ⓘ

Royal Gallery → usedBy → House of Lords ⓘ

Usher of the Black Rod → usedBy → House of Lords ⓘ