The House of Lords is also referred to as the 'Upper House' or 'Upper Chamber' of the Houses of Parliament. Which is comprised of two 'Houses'. Firstly the House of Lords, and secondly the House of Commons, or 'Lower House' or 'Lower chamber', and of the Queen in Parliament. The House of Commons is the Democratically elected Chamber, the House of Lords comprises of hereditary and life peers.
It is the party that does not have current ruling power. For example, in the British Government the two parties are the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The House of Commons is the ruling party and the House of Lords is the party out of power. Same thing if you were using the American system as well. Currently, the Liberal party would be the majority party, thus the party in power, and the Republican party would be the party out of power. The main reason the party out of power is there is to keep the ruling party under control. Though they do not have any real power or ability to keep a law from passing, they can pass on some influence for their point of view, thus keeping the government semi-balanced.
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The House of Commons is represented by the color Green while the House of Lords in represented by the color Red.
300 GBP for each day they attend the House of Lords and expenses for additional duties
The House of Lords is also referred to as the 'Upper House' or 'Upper Chamber' of the Houses of Parliament. Which is comprised of two 'Houses'. Firstly the House of Lords, and secondly the House of Commons, or 'Lower House' or 'Lower chamber', and of the Queen in Parliament. The House of Commons is the Democratically elected Chamber, the House of Lords comprises of hereditary and life peers.
There are two types of peers: life peers and hereditary peers. LIfe peerages are awarded for life only and the titles are not passed onto heirs. They are awarded by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister. Many life peers are political appointments to ensure political presence of the main political parties in the House of Lords. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York usually get life peerages on retirement, as do former Speakers of the House of Commons, Prime Ministers, Home, Defence and Foreign Secretaries and Chancellors. The 1999 House of Lords Act cut the number of hereditary peers entitled to a seat in the House of Lords from over 700 to 92 and ended the right to pass membership of the Lords down through the family.
The house of lords and the house of commons.There is the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
They are (not were, they are still in existence) the House of Commons and the House of Lords
Blocked reforms supported by the House of Commons
Blocked reforms supported by the House of Commons
yes they do but rarely
the house of commons and the house of lords
The two branches of the British Parliament are the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
House of Lords - Lords of the Underground album - was created on 2007-08-21.