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<li>Z</li> </ul> <a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctlGlossaryItem_hypItemLink"></a> <div> <p>The Lord Speaker is a Member of the House of Lords elected by the House to preside over its proceedings. The Lord Speaker processes into the House at the start of each sitting and presides over debates from the Woolsack. As the House is self-regulating the Lord Speaker has no power to call Members to order, to decide who speaks next or to select amendments. The Lord Speaker is elected for a period of five years, renewable once. Upon election, he or she becomes independent of party politics and is not expected to vote, even in the event of a tie (as the Lords has rules set out for resolving an equality of votes). The post of Lord Speaker was created under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. Previously the Lord Chancellor would preside over debates in the Lords. However, the Lords decided to elect its own Lord Speaker and the first election took place on 4 July 2006. The Lord Speaker is assisted by a panel of Deputy Speakers, who sit on the Woolsack in the Lord Speakers absence. Deputy Speakers are all Members of the Lords but may continue to engage in party politics while serving as a Deputy.</p> <p>Further information on this subject can be found from the following links.</p> <p><a href="/web/20111127143251/http://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/principal/lord-speaker/">Lord Speaker homepage</a> </p> <p><a href="/web/20111127143251/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/woolsack/">Related glossary term: Woolsack</a> </p> <p><a href="/web/20111127143251/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/lord-chancellor/">Related glossary term: Lord Chancellor</a> </p> </div> <p><a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctlGlossaryItem_hypBack" href="/web/20111127143251/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=L">芦 Back to Glossary</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="panel"> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <p class="marker">Footer links</p> <ul> <li><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl01_hypLink" href="/web/20111127143251/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/azindex/">A-Z index</a></li> <li><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl02_hypLink" href="/web/20111127143251/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/">Glossary</a></li> <li><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl03_hypLink" href="/web/20111127143251/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/contact-us/">Contact us</a></li> <li><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl04_hypLink" href="/web/20111127143251/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/foi/">Freedom of Information</a></li> <li><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl05_hypLink" href="/web/20111127143251/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/job-opportunities/">Jobs</a></li> <li><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl06_hypLink" href="/web/20111127143251/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/using-this-website/">Using this website</a></li> <li><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl07_hypLink" href="/web/20111127143251/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/">Copyright</a></li> <li class="last"><a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctlGlobalFooter_ctlNavigationLinks_rptLinks_ctl08_hypLink" href="/web/20111127143251/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/privacy/">Cookies</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ Sys.Application.initialize(); //]]> </script> </form> <script type="text/javascript"> /*<![CDATA[*/ var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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