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House of Lords and House of Commons

House of Lords

Together with the House of Commons and the Crown, the House of Lords form Parliament. The House of Lords is a key contributor to the process of initiating, revising and amending legislation and laws. It also acts as a check on the activities of Government, provides a wide-range of independent expertise on specialist subjects and is home to the highest Court of Appeal in the UK (except for criminal cases in Scotland).

Unlike MPs, Lords are unpaid. Currently there are four types of members of the House of Lords; Bishops, Elected Hereditary Peers, Law Lords and Life Peers. The public does not elect members of the House of Lords.

 

House of Commons

Together with the House of Lords and the Crown, the House of Commons forms Parliament. The House of Commons are made up with approximately 659 MPs and each MP represents one of the 659 areas or constituencies into which the UK is divided.

The House of Commons does various types of work, including making laws, controlling finance, examine the work of Government, controlling indirect law-making (delegated legislation), examining European proposals and protecting the individual i.e. the grievances of the public against central Government.