Government and Politics

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Composition of the House:

-800 hereditary peers (approx.);Lords Temporal: dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts, barons.

-26 Lords Spiritual: the archbishops of Canterbury and York, 24 bishops of the Church of England.

340 Life Peers (approx.).

Attendance and Representation of Parties:

1) -300 never attend

-300 come very rarely ("backwoodsmen")

-230 come occasionally

-250 come regularly

2) 30 Labour

30 Liberal or non-party

The rest: Conservative (i.e. there is a permanent Conservative majority in the House of Lords)

Functions of the House: Discussion of bills coming from the Commons, veto is hardly ever used; introduction of bills; supreme court of appeal.