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The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as \"the Lords\". The Sovereign, the House of Commons (which is the lower house of Parliament and referred to as \"the Commons\"), and the Lords together comprise the Parliament. more...

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In Parliament the members of the 731 seat House of Lords currently outnumber the members of the 646 seat House of Commons.

The full, formal style of the House of Lords is The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. The formal style of individual members of the House of Lords is The Right Honourable the Lord X of Y. Lords who are Privy Counsellors place \"PC\" after their title : all Privy Counsellors are in any case entitled to the epithet The Right Honourable.

On March 7, 2007, the House of Commons voted, in principle, in favour of replacing the Lords with an elected chamber (either 100% elected or 80% elected, 20% appointed). This was another step towards legislation to that end. See Reform of the House of Lords. However, the House of Lords, being the upper legislative chamber, rejected this proposal and voted for an entirely appointed House of Lords.

Introduction

Members of the House of Lords are known as \"Lords of Parliament\". The House of Lords does not have a fixed number of members: currently there are 751 members, consisting of 26 \"Lords Spiritual\" and 725 \"Lords Temporal\". The Lords Spiritual are the two archbishops and 24 most senior bishops of the Church of England, while the Lords Temporal are 633 current Life Peers, the 90 Hereditary Peers and two Great Officers of State.

Lords Spiritual are \"Lords of Parliament\" (and not peers) so long as they continue to occupy their ecclesiastical positions, whereas Lords Temporal serve for life. By convention, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York are offered life peerages on retirement from those ecclesiastical positions.

The House of Lords originated in the 14th century and has been in almost continuous existence since. The name \"House of Lords\" was not used as a name for the Upper House until 1544. It was abolished in 1649 by the revolutionary government that came to power during the English Civil War, but was restored in 1660. The House of Lords was once more powerful than the elected House of Commons. Since the 19th century, however, the powers of the House of Lords have been steadily declining; now, the Upper House is far weaker than its elected counterpart. Under the Parliament Acts (passed in 1911 and 1949), all government legislation excluding \"money bills\" (which include the annual Finance Bill implementing the Budget) passed by the House of Commons can be delayed for twelve months (money bills can be delayed for one month only) but cannot be rejected. This power is called a suspensive veto in political science.

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