0 a member of the House of Lords (= the part of the UK parliament that is not elected) who is not a life peer --
Others included four bishops and a dozen influential peers of the realm.
I suppose that it may be impertinent for a mere commoner, dressed in a shabby lounge suit, to tell peers of the realm what to do.
Peers of the realm can claim up to £16·50 a day as reimbursement of reasonable expenses in connection with the duties of their office.
Perhaps my constituency is unique in that seven peers of the realm live within its boundaries.
They say that they cannot understand why 800 or 1,000 peers of the realm should get this amount if they cannot.
About 150 peers of the realm are getting some £30 million a year in salaries and expenses.
Instead, the money is going towards paying wealthy peers of the realm £44 a day.
Peers of the realm pick up £100 a day tax-free, with expenses, and some of them just walk through the door and walk out again.
