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The '''House of Lords''', or, more properly, ''The Right Honourable the House of Lords'', is the [[upper house]] of the British [[legislature]]. Together with the Queen and the [[House of Commons (UK)|House of Commons]], it comprises one of the three elements of the British [[Parliament]]. It also functions as the highest court of appeal in the UK, though in practice senior judges are appointed to the House to exercise this function independently of its other members.

The '''House of Lords''', or, more properly, ''The Right Honourable the House of Lords'', is the [[upper house]] of the [[British]] [[legislature]]. Together with the [[Queen]] and the [[House of Commons (UK)|House of Commons]], it comprises one of the three elements of the British [[Parliament]]. It also functions as the highest court of appeal in the UK, though in practice senior judges are appointed to the House to exercise this function independently of its other members.

Reform of the House of Lords may be regarded as a second-tier current political issue in the UK.

Reform of the House of Lords may be regarded as a second-tier current political issue in the UK.