House of Lords
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The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is granted by appointment or else by heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster. Officially, the full name of the house is the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled.
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History
19th century
20th century
First admission of women
New Labour Era
2010–present
House of Lords Reform Act 2014
House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015
Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015
Proposed move
Size
Legislative functions
Relationship with the government
Former judicial role
Lords Spiritual
Hereditary peers
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
Life peers
Qualifications
Cash for Peerages
Removal from House membership
Officers
Procedure
Disciplinary powers
Committees
Current composition
Leaders and chief whips
Other ministers
Other whips (Lords and Baronesses-in-Waiting)
Overseas counterparts
Bibliography