The average MP is 50 years old; the average councillor is 60; the average member of the House of Lords is 69.

在国会中，议员的平均年龄为50岁；在地方议会中，议员的平均年龄为60岁；在上议院中，议员的平均年龄为69岁。

The government sent a letter to a member of the House of Lords.

政府致函上议院议员。

Once a statement of refined dressing, the buttoned vest's status has been diminished over the decades by illusionists, snooker players and eccentric members of the House of Lords.

纽扣背心曾经是精致着装的标志，但在过去几十年里，它的地位已经被魔术师、斯诺克选手和英国上议院古怪的议员削弱了。

Some members of the House of Lords are trying to close loopholes in a corporate transparency law that was passed last year.

上议院的一些议员正试图弥补去年通过的企业透明度法中的漏洞。

Chamberlain favoured Halifax and asked Churchill whether he had any objection to the member of the House of Lords becoming Prime Minister.

张伯伦青睐哈利法克斯，并询问丘吉尔是否反对上议院议员出任首相。

A parliamentary committee in Britain, composed of members of the House of Lords, says the government will not be legally obliged to contribute to the European Union budget if it leaves without agreeing any exit deal.

由议会上议院成员组成的英国议会一个委员会表示，如果英国脱离欧盟时没有达成任何协议，政府将不会依法为欧盟的预算做贡献。

MPs and members of the House of Lords comment on, debate or amend the Bill through several stages, and at the end of the process, apart from very rare circumstances, it must be agreed by both houses.

上下议会的议员通过多个步骤对法案发表意见，辩论，修正，除了极为罕见的情况，最后程序必须由上下议院共同同意。