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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Charles Longley memberOf House of Lords
Sir Ian Botham memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Ian Botham
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair memberOf House of Lords
this entity surface form: British House of Lords
Ralph Hopton memberOf House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords of England
Sir Edward Grey parliamentaryBody House of Lords
Earl Cornwallis memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
David Owen memberOf House of Lords
Viscount Templewood parliamentaryBody House of Lords
subject surface form: Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey memberOf House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
1st Viscount Slim memberOf House of Lords
Prussian House of Lords influencedBy House of Lords
this entity surface form: British House of Lords
British Empire legal system hadAppealRouteTo House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords (in some matters)
Ralf Dahrendorf memberOf House of Lords
Admiral James Gambier houseOfLordsMembership House of Lords
subject surface form: James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
this entity surface form: United Kingdom House of Lords
Viscount Monck memberOf House of Lords
Lord Judge memberOf House of Lords
Lord Steyn memberOf House of Lords
FitzRoy James Henry Somerset memberOf House of Lords
Anthony Giddens memberOf House of Lords
The Marquess of Salisbury parliamentaryHouse House of Lords
subject surface form: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Bishop Francis Atterbury memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Francis Atterbury
Lord Collins of Mapesbury memberOf House of Lords
C. P. Snow memberOf House of Lords
Primrose memberOf House of Lords
subject surface form: Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Secretary of State mayBeMemberOf House of Lords
this entity surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
Ronald Oxburgh memberOf House of Lords
Ronald Oxburgh legislativeBody House of Lords
Bishop of Durham house House of Lords
2nd Baron Chelmsford memberOf House of Lords
Lord Hoffmann memberOf House of Lords
Lord Bingham of Cornhill memberOf House of Lords
Lord Mance memberOf House of Lords
Lord Mance isPeerOf House of Lords
John parliamentaryChamber House of Lords
subject surface form: John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith
John chamberPresidedOver House of Lords
subject surface form: John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith