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... Sovereign, which create a line of succession to the peerage. This composition of the HoL makes it one of the few legislatures in the democratic world to be unelected. Life peers are men and women who have been awarded titles because of their service to the community. Lords of Appeal in ordinary act as the judicial branch of the HoL. It consists of Law Lords, who sit in the UK's final Appeal Court. The Lords spiritual comprises of 26 of the most senior bishops of the Church of England. Other UK faiths have no representation in the HoL. Debates regarding reform of the HoL began as early as 1886, regarding the hereditary peerage. This aspect of the HoL has been heavily criticised on two counts. Firstly, that birth is an unsuitable condition for membership as it draws on a narrow social class who are not representative of the general ...