What the Lords Does
Taken from the About Parliament series which offers a brief guide to the history, role and procedure of the UK Parliament. The series also provides links to other resources available on the Parliament website.
Additional material can be obtained from the House of Lords Information Office, including the following:
The House of Lords - A Brief Guide (English version) 
- information leaflet, also published in a number of foreign languages and available on our The House of Lords - Brief Guides webpage.
Work of the House of Lords
The illustrated 'Work of the House of Lords' describes the work of the House with examples drawn from the previous session. Earlier editions of this publication are available on the archive page.
The House of Lords hears appeals from the Court of Appeal in England and Wales and Northern Ireland in both civil and criminal matters and from the Court of Session in Scotland in civil matters.
The financing of the House of Lords
Bills and how they become law
House of Lords Appointments Commission
The Commission was set up by the Government as part of its plan to modernise the House of Lords. It is independent of Government.
Research Material
The House of Commons Library produces a series of Research Papers on various subject. They are an occasional series of papers, numbered by year and sequence of publication, and usually deal with topics of current parliamentary interest.
Listed below are some of those that are relevant to What the Lords Does.
Rp 03/85 House of Lords - Developments since January 2002
Rp 02/02 House of Lords Reform: the 2001 white paper
Rp 01/77 House of Lords reform: developments since 1997
Rp 00/61 Lords reform: the interim house background statistics
Rp 00/60 Lords reform: major developments since the House of Lords Act 1999
