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so what do you think of when you hear
the word Lord a member of an elite club
for the rich and heads of business or
members of parliament with experience of
everyday life like teachers or doctors
let's take a look to acts in 1958 and
1999 have entered the right to inherit
seats from parents the majority of the
house is now made up of life peers
chosen for their knowledge and
experience in politics and legislation
leading in business and industry and
chosen from communities for having made
a difference today's life peers come
from all walks of life like former
charity worker and community leader Lord
Adi Birol a former film producer Oscar
winner and Labour peer Lord putnam
community campaigner and conservative
peer baroness new love and former
children's television presenter actress
and liberal democrat pierre baroness
benjamin from oscar winners - olympic
athletes
scientists - crime writers doctors
actors and rabbis both political and
independent peers bring their skills and
passion to the house to spend their time
to help shape our laws and make sure the
country's well managed a new way for
choosing who's in the Nords is now in
place since the House of Lords act in
1999 membership of the Lord's is no
longer passed down through family and
since 2000 there's an appointments panel
an independent advisory body that helps
decide who becomes a non-party political
peer Baroness grey-thompson a former
Paralympian athlete and the winner of
several gold medals described an
interview with the panel as one of the
scariest experiences of her life the
goal is to make the house more
representative for the moment ethnic
minorities currently make up a small
proportion of the house and women only
make up one in five of the House of
Lords the panel checks nominations from
political parties as well as the public
and helps the prime minister choose what
the house needs to keep it skilled and
you can even nominate yourself when
you're made appear you get to choose
your name like Lord Singh of Wimbledon
what you choose is up to
you provided it hasn't been taken Lords
are chosen for their experience or
knowledge like medicine or law skills
that can help the country so they
represent areas of interest rather than
a region of the country have you ever
heard people say the Lord's never turn
up well many of the lords think it's
important that they only take part in
lawmaking when they know about that
issue so for instance scientists Lord
Winston led the House of Lords Select
Committee on Science and Technology and
is a world leading expert on fertility
but will necessarily take part in
discussions on farming for example
however he can still vote on a whole
range of topics and issues that come
into the House of Lords all peers are
currently unelected in many countries
they elect their upper chamber so why
don't we there are many pros and cons
the Lords don't have to toe the party
line or worry about re-election as they
don't need their party to help them get
reelected but as peers offer life and
don't have to stand for re-election like
MPs in the Commons how can they be held
to account on the flipside being a peer
for life means that by not seeking
re-election they can concentrate solely
on policy how does that affect lawmaking
but what place does an unelected house
have in today's democracy there's a lot
to think about but what do you think of
now when you hear the words Lord