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Northern Ireland: House of Lords. By: Ruben Avila Francis Lau D’mitrius Andrew Vasquez Klaus Oriol Cameron Fernandez. Description. H ouse of Lords provides expertise, scrutinizes bills, and have been approved by House of Communists Regularly reviews and amends bills from the commons
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Northern Ireland: House of Lords By: Ruben Avila Francis Lau D’mitrius Andrew Vasquez Klaus Oriol Cameron Fernandez
Description • House of Lords provides expertise, scrutinizes bills, and have been approved by House of Communists • Regularly reviews and amends bills from the commons • Final court of appeal in both civil and criminal cases • House of Lords is the upper house of the parliament of the UK • 760 Seats – 52 people can leave or otherwise be disqualified • Meeting place – House of Lords chamber
Lord speaker: Baroness D’Souza • Leader: Lord Hill of Oareford
Example Case • Robinson vs. Secretary of State for N. Ireland • Date: 7/25/2008 • Judges: Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hutton, Lord Hobhouse of Wood-borough, Lord Millett • Statutes: Northern Ireland Act • House of Lords provides expertiseand scrutinizes bills that have been approved by the House of Communists • Regularly reviews and amends bills from the Commons • Final court of appeal in both civil and criminal cases