What is the effect of the Parliament Acts on the House of Lords’ power over legislation?

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What is the effect of the Parliament Acts on the House of Lords’ power over legislation?

Parliament Acts limit the House of Lords’ power to obstruct legislation, especially over money bills. Money bills must start in the House of Commons, and the Lords cannot veto them at all. For other public bills, the Lords can delay rather than block, but their delay is capped, and after the required passage across successive sessions the Commons can push the bill through anyway. So the Acts reduce the Lords’ ability to delay or block legislation, strengthening the authority of the elected House.

Parliament Acts limit the House of Lords’ power to obstruct legislation, especially over money bills. Money bills must start in the House of Commons, and the Lords cannot veto them at all. For other public bills, the Lords can delay rather than block, but their delay is capped, and after the required passage across successive sessions the Commons can push the bill through anyway. So the Acts reduce the Lords’ ability to delay or block legislation, strengthening the authority of the elected House.

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