House of Lords
- Baroness Ashton - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council (Labour)
- Lord Strathclyde - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords (Conservative)
- Lord McNally - Liberal Democrats
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See also
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- Speakership of the House of Lords
- Introduction ceremony
- Members of the House of Lords
- Reform of the House of Lords
- Wakeham Report
- Upper House
- Constitution Committee (House of Lords)
- House of Lords Library
- United States Senate
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References
- ^ a b House of Lords: Breakdown of Lords by party strength and type of peerage (2008-05-01). Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- ^ House of Commons: State of the parties (2008-05-23). Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- ^ An Act abolishing the House of Lords (1649-03-19). Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
- ^ a b The Standing Orders of the House of Lords relating to Public Business. The Stationery Office (2007-07-16). Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ^ ePolitix.com - Lords reform moves up the agenda
- ^ (February 2007) The House of Lords: Reform (PDF), London: The Stationery Office, pp. 44. ISBN 978-0-10-170272-0. OCLC 83593847. Retrieved on 2008-05-25. “taking the 2005-2006 session, the average attendance was around 408,”
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Sources
- Carmichael, Paul, Brice Dickson, and Guy Peters. (1999). The House of Lords: Its Parliamentary and Judicial Role. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
- Davies, Michael. (2003). Companion to the Standing Orders and guide to the Proceedings of the House of Lords, 19th ed. London: HMSO.
- Farnborough, T. E. May, 1st Baron. (1896). Constitutional History of England since the Accession of George the Third, 11th ed. London: Longmans, Green and Co.
- Longford, Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of. (1999). A History of the House of Lords. New edition. Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing.
- "Parliament" (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed. London: Cambridge University Press.
- Raphael, D. D., Donald Limon, and W. R. McKay. (2004). Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice, 23rd ed. London: Butterworths Tolley.
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Further reading
- Harry Jones (1912). Liberalism and the House of Lords: The Story of the Veto Battle, 1832-1911. London: Methuen.
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External links
- official website
- The Parliamentary Archives holds the historic records of the House of Lords.
- Guide to the Lords BBC
- History of Parliament
- The British Broadcasting Corporation. (2005). "A–Z of Parliament."
- The Guardian. (2005). "Special Report: House of Lords."
- The Parliament of the United Kingdom. House of Lords official website.
- The Parliament of the United Kingdom. Parliament Live TV.
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