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No provision was made for Lords of Parliament to be specially represented in the current [[Scottish Parliament]], but the [[Scotland Act 1998]] provides that a person is not disqualified from membership of the Parliament merely because he is a peer (whether of the United Kingdom, Great Britain, England or Scotland).<ref>Scotland Act 1998, section 16(1)</ref>
===Other uses===
 
The term '''''Lord/Lady of Parliament''''' may also be used to refer to any member of the [[House of Lords]]:. inA particular,prominent theofficial example is in a Standing OrdersOrder of the House of Lords state: "''Bishops to whom a [[Hereditary_peer#Writs_of_summons|writ of summons]] hashave been issued are not Peers but are Lords of Parliament.''" <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldstords/147/147.pdf House of Lords Standing Orders, Order 2]</ref>
 
== See also ==