It has around 800 members and it's made up mostly of life peers, and also includes hereditary peers and bishops.
上议院大约有800名议员,绝大多数都是终身贵族,同时也包括世袭贵族和区主教。
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世袭贵族 Hereditary peer
(重定向自Hereditary Peers)
世袭贵族(英语:Hereditary peer),英国其中一种贵族爵位。全国大约有八百个持有世袭头衔的贵族。大部分世袭贵族以前在上议院拥有席位。国会通过1999年上议院法令(House of Lords Act 1999)后,大部分世袭贵族都丧失了担任上议院议员的资格,只有九十二人保留了席位。世袭贵族可经特别的令状(Writ of summons)获传召到上议院议事。
Hereditary peers form part of the Peerage in the United Kingdom. There are over eight hundred peers who hold titles that may be inherited. Formerly, most of them were entitled to sit in the House of Lords, but since the House of Lords Act 1999 was passed, only ninety-two are permitted to do so, unless they are also a life peer. Peers are called to the House of Lords with a writ of summons.