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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a list of current members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Twenty-six bishops of the Church of England...
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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 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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lists of members of the House of Lords: List of current members of the House of Lords List of life peerages List of excepted hereditary peers List of former...
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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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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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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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of judgements of the House of Lords delivered before 1996 List of judgements of the House of Lords delivered in 1996 List of judgements of the House of...
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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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The House of Lords (German: Herrenhaus; Czech: Panská sněmovna; Italian: Camera dei signori; Slovene: Gosposka zbornica; Polish: Izba Panów; Romanian:...
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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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Lord Speaker (redirect from Speaker of the House of Lords)
highest authority of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The office is analogous to the Speaker of the House of Commons: the Lord...
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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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reforms of the House of Lords Act 1999, the majority of hereditary peers became ineligible to be members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament...
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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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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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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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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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Chief Whip (redirect from Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords)
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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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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after the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two legislative chambers which occupy the building. The palace is one of the centres of political...
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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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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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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 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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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 March...
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is a British businessman, former Treasurer of the Conservative Party, and life peer in the House of Lords. He is active in combating family breakdown...
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This is a list of former members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, who ceased serving in 2000 or later....
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The House Committee was a select committee of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom that set policy and provided guidance for long-term...
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