House of Lords publications

About the Lords

Discover more about the role of the House, its history and the State Opening of Parliament:

• History of the House of Lords
• House of Lords explained
• State Opening of Parliament

Role, membership and chamber

Find out more about how the House of Lords works and meet its membership:

• Guide to Work in the Chamber
• People and Membership
• Role and Work

Committee work

Learn more about the role and work of committees and their investigations:

• Guide to Work in Committees
• Communications and Digital Committee
• Constitution Committee
• Economic Affairs Committee
• International Relations and Defence Committee
• Science and Technology Committee

Get involved

There are several ways to keep up to date and follow the work of the House of Lords and its committees:

Watch

Questions, debates and scrutiny of legislation is streamed live online for free. Watch chamber and Lords committee meetings on Parliament TV.

Read

All business in the House of Lords chamber and in Grand Committee is transcribed and available to read from around three hours after it happens. Read it free in Lords Hansard.

Follow on Twitter

Visit @UKHouseofLords on Twitter for highlights of each day’s work in the House.

Follow the hashtag #HouseofLords for what’s happening, or #LordsQs for details of questions put to the government at the start of business Monday to Thursday.

• Follow Lords members on Twitter
• Follow Lords committees on Twitter

Other social media

Follow the House of Lords on Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube for highlights, photos and videos from the UK Parliament’s second chamber.

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