The House of Lords

• 1957 - Life Peerage Act
• 1999 - House of Lords Act
• 2005 - Constitutional Reform Act

The House of Lords

 The Chancellor
 Lord Speaker
 Leader of the House of Lords
 Lords Spiritual
 Lords Temporal

Lords in the House of

Lords

 Lords Spiritual : archbishops of

Canterbury and York, bishops of

London, Durham, Winchester and 21

senior bishops of the Church of England

 Lords Temporal :
hereditary peers –Earl of Marshal, Lord

Great Chamberlain and 90 elected

peers

life peers

prior to October 2009

• Law Lords ( lords of Appeal)-
final court of appeal

welcoming a new peer

Work of the House

• Legislation
• Examining government work
• Examining European proposals

Parliamentary Day

• Questions to the government
• Other business