House of Lords

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/House_of_Lords

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Lok_Sabha gptkb:legislative_body
gptkbp:adjournsTo	gptkb:House_of_Lords_Library
gptkbp:awardCeremony	gptkb:State_Opening_of_Parliament
gptkbp:broadcastOn	gptkb:Parliamentlive.tv
gptkbp:coatOfArms	Arms of the House of Lords.svg
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:debatedBy	gptkb:Question_Time Debate on Legislation
gptkbp:dressCode	robes (on ceremonial occasions)
gptkbp:established	14th century
gptkbp:function	judicial functions (historically) law making legislative review scrutiny of government
gptkbp:hasBishop	gptkb:Lords_Spiritual
gptkbp:hasBlackRod	yes
gptkbp:hasClerk	gptkb:Clerk_of_the_Parliaments
gptkbp:hasCommittee	gptkb:Committee_of_the_Whole_House gptkb:Grand_Committee gptkb:Joint_Committee gptkb:parliamentary_committee
gptkbp:hasCrossbenchers	yes
gptkbp:hasHereditaryPeers	92
gptkbp:hasLifePeers	majority
gptkbp:hasOfficialReport	gptkb:Hansard
gptkbp:hasOppositionLeader	gptkb:Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_the_House_of_Lords
gptkbp:hasSerjeant-at-Arms	gptkb:Yeoman_Usher_of_the_Black_Rod
gptkbp:hasWhip	gptkb:Chief_Whip
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	highest court of appeal (until 2009)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	House of Lords
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Palace_of_Westminster
gptkbp:meetingPlace	gptkb:House_of_Lords_Chamber
gptkbp:membership	bishops hereditary peers life peers
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:Dieu_et_mon_droit
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	approximately 780
gptkbp:officialLanguage	English
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:presidingOfficerTitle	gptkb:Lord_Speaker
gptkbp:reformed	gptkb:House_of_Lords_Act_1999 gptkb:House_of_Lords_Reform_Act_2014 gptkb:Life_Peerages_Act_1958
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:House_of_Commons
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Curia_Regis
gptkbp:symbol	gptkb:Portcullis
gptkbp:votingSystem	appointed hereditary election (limited)
gptkbp:website	https://www.parliament.uk/lords/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3