part of the United Kingdom Parliament.

The House of Lords considers legislation, debates issues of importance and provides a forum for government ministers to be questioned.

The Committees of the House consider a wide range of issues and produce reports on them. The House of Lords is also the highest court in the United Kingdom.the line 'nail it to the house of lords' refers to luther who nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg in 1517, which is seen as the beginning of the protestant church.