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The House of Lords has 139 women (19.7 ), while there are 125 women (19.4 ) in the British House of Commons.

Arrangements for the House of Lords are very different, as the House of Lords is the unelected revising chamber.

And then they reach the House of Lords.

2010 arrest In August 2010, he spoke at a conference at the British House of Lords, at which he criticized Bahrain's handling of human rights issues.

The House of Lords is, if you like, supportive in that the House of Lords scrutinises, advises and makes changes if possible to the amendments which come from the House Commons.

In the old days the House of Lords was as powerful as the House of Commons.

Now people may ask why should the House of Lords exist?

I exercised my right to be tried before the House of Lords.

We have debates in the House of Lords which are on topics of general interest.

So here's a typical crappy British house.

If you could not persuade the House of Lords then they effectively had a right of veto.

It is through a document called Hansard, which is a verbatim account of every single deliberation in the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

And the House of Lords is a chamber which does precisely that. It does it through various means.

This Parliament consisted of the King of Ireland, who was the same person as the King of England, a House of the Lords and a House of Commons.

When a bill is introduced into Parliament it goes through many stages, both in the House of Lords, where I sit, and in the House of Commons.

At that time, I was a member of the Opposition Front Bench or Shadow Government in Britain s House of Lords.

And for a period the monarchy was abolished indeed for a short time the House of Lords was abolished.

The big power that we have in the House of Lords is really to make the government think again.

Shortly after Mr. Smith became a FlLMCLUB classic, there was a week of all night filibustering in the House of Lords.

The most influential Muslim woman in British politics, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi (also the Conservative Party chairperson), joined other Muslims in the House of Lords, such as Lord Ahmed, the most senior Labour peer, and Baroness Kishwer Falkner, a Liberal Democrat.

The House of Lords, the appointed chamber charged with amending and revising legislation, and the Monarch, who is the Head of State.

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I took the Energy bill through the House of Lords, and a number of amendments I proposed were not accepted by the Government.

A new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom came into being in October 2009 to replace the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords.

The important thing perhaps to remember in the House of Lords, unlike in the House of Commons, is that there is time to do this because we have no time limit on our debates.

Returning to British first principles, the House of Commons rescinded legislation suppressing press freedom in 1776.

In the House of Lords any single Member can propose an amendment to a bill and it has to be debated and looked at.

In the 2010 election, the number of British Muslim members of the House of Commons doubled, to 16.

In August, a delegation of six United Kingdom parliamentarians, comprising one member of the House of Lords and five members of the House of Commons, visited the Territory as part of a tour of Caribbean countries and Territories.

Nobly ridden, my lords.

Thank you, my lords.

It comes back again to the Lords the Lords will look at it again.

Labour wants to reduce the House of Lords membership by half and hold referenda on making it wholly elected and on changing the voting system.

From time to time Lord Rayleigh participated in the House of Lords however, he spoke up only if politics attempted to become involved in science.

We're all going to Lords.

The House of Lords is not duplicating what the Commons does, it is actually going over some aspects of bills which may not have been looked at all.

The House of Lords is not a law making body, it is a scrutiniser, it is an advisory body and it advises the Commons on some of the

She was the first woman to plead a case before the House of Lords, and was one of the founders of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

The debacle was repeated in 1965 this time, when the Speaker left the chair to go to the House of Lords, some members continued to make speeches.

It was used by Ronald Reagan in a speech to the British House of Commons on June 8, 1982.

So what we have now is a situation where the House of Lords, the most it can do is delay legislation for up to 1 or 2 years.

To divert the noble lords and ladies of Paris.

And it is good that we have some of the traditions and symbolism of past years for example, the State Opening of Parliament by the Queen in the House of Lords.

My lords, let me speak bluntly.