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| | House of Lords - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In addition, the Lord Chancellor is the head of the judiciary of England and Wales, serving as the President of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. | | | The House of Lords is not the only court of last resort in the United Kingdom; in some cases, that role is fulfilled by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. | | | The House of Lords is the Upper House of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. |
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| | ipedia.com: House of Lords Article |
| | The Lord Chancellor, as well as being a judge and the cabinet minister responsible for the judiciary and the courts, serves as the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords. | | | On 1st November 1999, the House of Lords was composed of 759 hereditary peers, 26 Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England, and the 545 life peers created by either the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 or the Life Peerages Act 1958. | | | A free vote was held in the House of Commons in February 2003, in which MPs could vote for a fully elected second chamber, an entirely nominated one, a chamber with a mixture of elected and nominated members, or for outright abolition. |
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| | Commons, House of - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Commons, House of |
| | The members of the government and its supporters occupy the benches to the right of the Speaker and the Opposition and its supporters the benches to his left. | | | In order to remain in office the prime minister and his or her government must retain the confidence of a majority of the members of the House of Commons, whereas it may not have and does not need to retain the confidence of a majority of the members of the House of Lords. | | | The members of the House of Commons are directly elected by universal adult suffrage (all UK citizens aged 18 and over having a vote). |
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| | The House of Lords also has a judicial function: it is the final court of appeal for civil cases in Britain and for criminal cases in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; in that case, only five law lords attend the debates. | | | • 27 law lords who are the senior judges appointed by the Queen to the House of Lords, which is the final court of appeal for civil cases in Britain and for criminal cases in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; their children may not inherit the title either. | | | Baroness Jay of Paddington, the Leader of the House of Lords, presented the White Paper Modernising Parliament: Reforming the House of Lords to Parliament on 20 January 1999. |
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| | PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION |
| | She is a member of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee, and was a member of the Royal Commission on Reform of the House of Lords. | | | The Prime Minister today announced the names of the founding members of the new House of Lords Appointments Commission, which the Government promised as part of its first stage of the reform of the House of Lords. | | | The Labour Party member is Baroness (Brenda) Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde (57). |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Politics Special Reports Special report: House of Lords |
| | October 20: A row broke out yesterday between the lord chancellor and the official watchdog on judicial appointments, which accused him of interfering in the selection process for a specialist circuit judge and using his influence to favour Oxbridge-educated candidates. | | | October 29: Members of the House of Lords are claiming up to £60,000 a year in tax-free expenses. | | | September 10: The House of Lords is to hear a test case based on the lonely colonial outpost of Ascension Island which could affect the employment rights of thousands of Britons working abroad. |
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http://politics.guardian.co.uk/lords/0,9054,442877,00.html
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| | House of Lords Appointments Commission Nominations for Non-Party Political Members |
| | You are eligible for consideration as a non–party–political member of the House of Lords if you are over 21 years of age and are a British, Irish or Commonwealth citizen. | | | Nominations for Non-Party Political Members of the House of Lords | | | 22/07/05 - House of Lords Appointments Commission - New Non-Party-Political Peers |
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http://www.houseoflordsappointmentscommission.gov.uk/nominations/index.asp
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| | Standards of Conduct in the House of Lords |
| | The House of Lords Act 1999 has removed all but 92 of the hereditary peers (and, of those 92, 90 have with their full consent been elected from their own political party or cross-bench group). | | | In contrast to Lord Strathclyde's evidence, the Rt Hon Lord Williams of Mostyn, the Attorney General, said that he knew of no member who would be deterred (although he speculated that there might be "one or two"). | | | They were drafted after all at a time of nationalised industries where the chairmen or the board members of the nationalised industries might be members of the House of Lords. |
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| | BBC NEWS Northern Ireland DUP is set to join ranks of Lords |
| | Ian Paisley's DUP is about to get its first life peers in the House of Lords, the BBC has learned. | | | The party is expected to get three seats with Eileen Paisley, wife of the party leader, and Belfast Lord Mayor Wallace Brown among them. | | | In the unlikely event that a fourth seat goes to the DUP it would be filled by Foyle MLA William Hay. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4343584.stm
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| | Lords object to 'snooping' bill |
| | Conservative peer Lord Cope, who is leading the opposition to the Bill in the Lords, said there was still time to build a coalition capable of defeating it. | | | At a meeting with IT industry representatives in London, peers from across the House said that mounting criticism of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill was such that it could be radically altered, or perhaps even defeated, when the Lords vote later this summer. | | | Opposition to the UK Government's so-called snooping bill is growing among members of the House of Lords. |
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http://www.pcw.co.uk/articles/print/2131847
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| | BBC News UK POLITICS Lords should 'expect public scrutiny' |
| | The Lords is a pretty public place...you can't hide behind normal privacy laws, normal rights of privacy | | | But in terms of imposing sanctions against peers in the way you can impose sanctions against MPs, I don't think it is sustainable." | | | But Lord Owen told members of the government's standards watchdog that the conduct of members of the House of Lords was a matter of public interest. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/806525.stm
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| | House of Lords - Members of the House of Lords |
| | House of Lords - Members of the House of Lords | | | Members of the House of Lords at 17th May 2005 | | | Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 17 May 2005. |
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http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/101.htm
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| | Omega-News: Letter to all members of the House of Lords |
| | Letter to all members of the House of Lords | | | Omega-News: Letter to all members of the House of Lords | | | Since March 2004 I have been an active campaigner agaist the Airwave Tetra for police forces and the siting of masts near schools and residential areas. |
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http://omega.twoday.net/stories/432715
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| | Directories - Peers Houses of Parliament |
| | Further information about Peers in the House of Lords is available from the House of Lords Information Office. | | | Peers in the House of Lords who do not take a party whip and sit on the Crossbenches. | | | Register of Hereditary Peers eligible to stand for election |
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| | indymedia germany news from Iran 20.07.2002 15:03 |
| | In a speech before members of the suppressive paramilitary Bassij on July 16, Hashemi Rafsanjani, former president and the head of the mullahs' State Exigency Council emphasized openly the clerical regime's use of terrorism. | | | - 453 members of both Houses of the British Parliament, including 331 members of the House of Commons and 122 members of the House of Lords, rejected the terrorist label against the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, and urged the UK government and the European Union to adopt a decisive policy against the mullahs' dictatorship. | | | The statement said: Majority of members of the House of Commons (331 MPs) and 122 members of the House of Lords call on UK government to adopt a firm policy against mullahs' regime in Iran and support National Council of Resistance of Iran |
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| | Prayer 4 Parliament - House of Lords |
| | Members of the House of Lords discuss and suggest amendments to non-finance Bills, and have the power to delay non-finance bills and legislation being passed. | | | The House of Lords is made up of 706 peers in total which includes 92 hereditary peers and 26 Lords Spiritual, the archbishops and bishops. | | | Pray for the archbishops and bishops, that God would use their role for His glory. |
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| | Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics |
| | The two women who were among the 92 hereditary peers chosen to remain in the House after the passage of the House of Lords Act in 1999 are marked with a . | | | Table 1: Women members of the House of Lords (at July 2005) | | | Listed below are the 131 women members of the House of Lords, sorted by party group. |
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| | Encyklopedia |
| | In the 19th century, the palazzo, by then a great treasure house, was used as a power base by Napoleon I, and later served for a brief period as the principal royal palace of the newly united Italy. | | | Today housing several major collections, in addition to those of the Medici family, it is fully open to the public. | | | It was later bought by the Medici family in 1549: as the official residence of the ruling families of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, it was enlarged and enriched almost continually over the following three centuries. |
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| | A protest entered into by nine patriotic members of the House of Lords, against the address of that House to the King, presented on the 3d of December 1774... | | | Click on picture for larger image, full item, or more versions. |
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| | 1do3.com: How to contact the Lords |
| | 1DO3 > News and Reference > Contact a member of parliament | | | 1DO3 External link to How to contact the Lords | | | Please click the above link to visit How to contact the Lords, or click below to return to 1DO3: |
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