House of Lords
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- Created on: 08-01-18 09:22
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- House of Lords
- Powers
- Salisbury convention
- from the 1940's its an unwritten rule that the HoL cant obstruct a proposal that was in the govts manifesto
- Amendments to legislaton
- Proposed in lords but has to be approved by house of commons. Legislative ping pong is when they do it repeatedly to get something passed
- Delay Bills
- Can delay a bill for 1 year to show parliament they should re consider. they tried to do this with the fox hunting ban
- Salisbury convention
- The political make up is different to the HoC as they respect their un-elected so lack of democratic legitimacy
- Members
- Types of lords
- Life peer for any party or crossbench (no party ties) nominated by pm and other party leader
- Lord spiritual 26 bishops and archbisops of church of england
- Hereditary peers 92, when a hereditary peer dies there successor has to be elected in by a party leader
- Powers
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