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The '''House of Lords''' is the upper chamber of the | |||
The '''House of Lords''' is the upper chamber of the Parliament of the [[United Kingdom]]. Not all Lords are entitled to sit in the House of Lords - since the [[House of Lords Act 1999]], only ninety-two hereditary peers are allowed to sit in the House, the rest being life peers. The total number of peers sitting in the House is 745. Of those sitting, there are two types - Lords Temporal and Lords Spiritual. The latter are there by virtue of their ecclesiastical office in the [[Church of England]] and the [[Church of Ireland]]. There are also the twelve [[Lords of Appeal in Ordinary]] (commonly referred to as Law Lords), who are members of the House, but do not exercise any legislative powers - instead judging cases which have reached the House in its status as the final national court of appeal. | |||
Revision as of 01:48, 21 February 2009
The House of Lords is the upper chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Not all Lords are entitled to sit in the House of Lords - since the House of Lords Act 1999, only ninety-two hereditary peers are allowed to sit in the House, the rest being life peers. The total number of peers sitting in the House is 745. Of those sitting, there are two types - Lords Temporal and Lords Spiritual. The latter are there by virtue of their ecclesiastical office in the Church of England and the Church of Ireland. There are also the twelve Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (commonly referred to as Law Lords), who are members of the House, but do not exercise any legislative powers - instead judging cases which have reached the House in its status as the final national court of appeal.