House of Lords
noun phrase
: the upper house of the British Parliament composed of the lords temporal and spiritual
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Hastings, who is a House of Lords peer in the U.K., said the British government needs to work out where migrants who cross the channel in small boats are coming from.
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Lucy Handley, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
Regardless, months of additional parliamentary scrutiny from both the House of Commons and House of Lords involving additional votes now lie ahead and so the bill may not become law for two years.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
British lawmakers will vote Tuesday on a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in House of Lords after more than 700 years.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Cohen co-wrote the forward to the report with former BBC governor and House of Lords member Baroness Ruth Deech.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent coverage of potential cuts of the winter fuel benefits for U.K. pensioners and a recent House of Lords report on the unsustainability of current budget deficits have only further raised concerns.
—Kevin Klowden, Chief Global Strategist At The Milken Institute, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
However, a House of Lords report published last year concluded that such schemes have instead pushed up house prices and benefitted developers, rather than buyers, in the past.
—Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 12 June 2024
The unelected House of Lords cleared the way for the bill to become law after dropping the last of its suggested amendments just after midnight, The Associated Press reported.
—Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024
The British Government has softened its stance, leading a House of Lords Committee to argue for more progress.
—James Morris, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
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Lucy Handley, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
Regardless, months of additional parliamentary scrutiny from both the House of Commons and House of Lords involving additional votes now lie ahead and so the bill may not become law for two years.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
British lawmakers will vote Tuesday on a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in House of Lords after more than 700 years.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Cohen co-wrote the forward to the report with former BBC governor and House of Lords member Baroness Ruth Deech.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent coverage of potential cuts of the winter fuel benefits for U.K. pensioners and a recent House of Lords report on the unsustainability of current budget deficits have only further raised concerns.
—Kevin Klowden, Chief Global Strategist At The Milken Institute, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
However, a House of Lords report published last year concluded that such schemes have instead pushed up house prices and benefitted developers, rather than buyers, in the past.
—Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 12 June 2024
The unelected House of Lords cleared the way for the bill to become law after dropping the last of its suggested amendments just after midnight, The Associated Press reported.
—Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024
The British Government has softened its stance, leading a House of Lords Committee to argue for more progress.
—James Morris, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
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