House of Lords members

The answer to the crossword question ‘House of Lords members‘ is ‘PEERS‘. The House of Lords is one of the two houses of British Parliament and comprises of around 800 peers, both life and hereditary. Peers are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister and belong to three categories: the Lords Spiritual (Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England); the hereditary peers (those whose peerage has been inherited); and the life peers (appointed by the monarch). The peers in the House of Lords hold an important role in the legislative process and help in scrutinizing and revising laws introduced by the elected members in the House of Commons.