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GCSE History · key term
The unelected chamber of Parliament, dominated in this period by hereditary peers, which could reject legislation before its powers were restricted in 1911.
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Revise: Political DevelopmentsParliament also contained the House of Lords, an unelected chamber dominated by hereditary peers. The Lords rejected a series of Liberal bills. This created a conflict between an elected government seeking reform and a second chamber able to block it.
The Parliament Act reduced the Lords’ powers; it did not abolish the House of Lords. Remember one month for money bills and two years for most other bills.
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