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    The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster...
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  • This is a list of members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Twenty-six bishops of the Church of England sit...
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    The House of Lords Act 1999 (c. 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the House of Lords, one of the chambers of Parliament...
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    House of Lords is an American rock band based in Connecticut, with members in New Jersey and Florida. House of Lords was formed in 1987 by former Angel...
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  • House of Lords is the debut album by House of Lords, a Giuffria spin-off band, featuring keyboardist Gregg Giuffria. It was released in 1988 on Kiss bassist...
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    Whilst the House of Lords of the United Kingdom is the upper chamber of Parliament and has government ministers, for many centuries it had a judicial function...
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    The reform of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, has been a topic of discussion in UK politics for more than...
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    leader of the House of Lords is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Lords. The...
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  • up House of Lords in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. House of Lords may...
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  • This is a list of hereditary peers of the House of Lords since the reforms of the House of Lords Act 1999. The Act excluded all hereditary peers who were...
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    The Lords Temporal are secular members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the British Parliament. These can be either life peers or hereditary peers...
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    The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medieval times until the end of 1800. It was also the final...
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    The House of Lords (German: Herrenhaus; Czech: Panská sněmovna; Italian: Camera dei signori; Slovene: Gosposka zbornica; Polish: Izba Panów; Romanian:...
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    into the House of Lords and House of Commons, which included knights of the shire and burgesses. During Henry IV's time on the throne, the role of Parliament...
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    The Prussian House of Lords (German: Preußisches Herrenhaus) in Berlin was the upper house of the Landtag of Prussia (German: Preußischer Landtag), the...
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  • By-elections to the House of Lords occur when vacancies arise among seats assigned to hereditary peers due to death, resignation, or disqualification....
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    The Lords Spiritual are the bishops of the Church of England who sit in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom. Up to 26 of the 42 diocesan bishops...
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    Lord Speaker of the House of Lords is the presiding officer, chairman and highest authority of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
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  • The House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC) is an independent advisory non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom with oversight of some...
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    The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster...
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    Parliament after the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two legislative chambers which occupy the building. The palace is the centre of political life...
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  • ceremony in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom by which a new member is "introduced" to the existing membership. Introductions in the Lords are more elaborate...
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  • House of Lords also holds the role of Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, while the Government Deputy Chief Whip in the Lords holds...
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    Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod or Lady Usher of the Black Rod. The position originates in the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
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  • first women in the House of Lords took their seats in 1958, forty years after women were granted the right to stand as MPs in the House of Commons. These...
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    acts on the advice of the prime minister, and the powers of the House of Lords are limited to only delaying legislation. The House of Commons is the elected...
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    Ria Smith, Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (born 15 March 1996), is a Welsh politician. She has been a member of the House of Lords for Plaid Cymru since 2024...
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  • The title 'Baby of the House' is not used in the House of Lords, though the youngest member is recorded on the House website. As of March 2024[update]...
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    minor). The House of Lords Act 1999 repealed the automatic right of hereditary peers to be members of the House of Lords; Trefgarne was one of those elected...
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    Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 (category Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed under the Parliament Act)
    supremacy of the House of Commons by limiting the legislation-blocking powers of the House of Lords (the suspensory veto). Provided the provisions of the Act...
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