The House of Lords, formally The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment, heredity or official function.Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of …

The Parliament Act 1911 removed the ability of the House of Lords to veto money bills; with any other bills, the House of Commons was given powers to overrule the Lords' veto after three parliamentary sessions. In 1917 the Bryce Commission was set up to consider House of Lords reform proposals. The commission's recommendations were rejected by a vote in the House of …

Das House of Lords (auch House of Peers), deutsch Herrenhaus, meist britisches Oberhaus genannt, ist das Oberhaus des britischen Parlaments.Das Parlament, der britische Souverän, umfasst daneben das Unterhaus, das House of Commons genannt wird, und den Monarchen. Das House of Lords besteht aus zwei Mitgliederklassen, den weltlichen Lords (Lords Temporal) …