House of Lords Information Office: briefing papers
Work of the House of Lords | Work, role and function | Legislation | Committees | History and reform| Guide to business |
Work of the House of Lords
The work of the House of Lords 
The illustrated 'The work of the House of Lords' describes the work, role and function of the House with examples drawn from the previous session.
For a free hard copy, email the House of Lords Information Office.
Earlier editions of this publication are available on the archive page.
The current edition of 'The work of the House of Lords' is also available in Braille and all the publications available on this webpage can be supplied in Word format to help users of screen magnification and text-to-speech software.
Please email the House of Lords Information Office to request one of our publications in Word and for more information.
Work, role and function
Financing of the House of Lords
This paper describes briefly how the House is funded and what the money is spent on.
Legislation
Committees
History and reform
This note outlines some of the key dates in the evolution of the House of Lords.
Guide to business
The House of Lords Information Office also produces an illustrated Guide to business of the House of Lords - also available in Welsh and foreign language versions.
Information about the House of Lords is also available on the What the Lords does page.
