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The Parliament of the UK. The House of Lords

 




The House of Lords consists of more than 1000 Jreersa, including the "lords spiritual"t: the Arch_ bishop of Canterburyo, the Archbishop of yorkz, and 24 bishoPs of the Church of England. The peers (with the exception of th "lords sPiritual" have the right to si in Parliament their lifetimel transmit their righ to their eldest sons. During the sent century a practice has aPPea red: the practice "creating" ne peers. TheY are cal Ied "life peers", be cause their child do not inherit thei r,itles like the chil dren of heredit peers. New peers are created by the monarch on th ud-ri"" of the Prime Minster. Sometimes a prominen fotti"iutt is made a peer' sometimes a leading civi 'servantt who has served the country well' As a re sult, about one-third of the Lords today are not rep resentatives of hereditary nobilitya but company di rectors, bankers, newspaper proprietors and ot businessmen.

 

 


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