House of Lords

The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament Assembled
Logo used to represent the House of Lords
Flag of the House of Lords
Type
Type	Upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Leadership
Lord Speaker	The Lord Geolyre of Ipswich
Senior Deputy Speaker	The Lord ERIC1978 of Northwich
Leader of the House	Vacant
Shadow Leader of the House	Vacant
Structure
Seats	18
Political groups	Chamber Leadership   Lord Speaker (1)   Deputy Speaker (1) Lords Spiritual   Bishops (1) Lords Temporal HM Government   National (1)   Social Democrats (3) Other groups Crossbench   Crossbenchers (12)
Length of term	Peerage held for life
Meeting place
House of Lords Chamber, Palace of Westminster, London, England
Footnotes

The House of Lords is the upper house of Parliament. Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster. The Lords is not elected, but it's members are appointed by the Monarch. Members appointed are usually on recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments Commission and have lots of experience.

The House of Lords holds the government, and parliament, to account by scrutinising bills. Peers regularly review and amend bills before they reach Royal Assent, seeking agreement with the House of Commons on the final text.