Lords act as a check on the Commons?

• The Lords often make amendments to legislation and bills can be ping ponged between the Houses until a consensus is reached, but ultimately the Commons has the final say as the Lords cannot stop the Commons from passing legislation and they can only delay it for up to a year
• Lords have knowledge and expertise to advise the Commons on their decisions
• Lords can vote how they wish without influence of the whip system as it is much weaker in the Lords as Lords don't need to face elections as independents. The higher number of crossbenchers means there are more moral votes
• By convention, the Lords have to give over to the Commons if they insist on financial legislation or if it was part of the manifesto, otherwise it could lead to legislative gridlock
• Disraeli Doctrine means the Lords cannot veto money bills