Under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, the position of the Speaker of the House of Lords (as it is termed in the Act) became an office in itself, which allowed for the Lord Chancellor to not automatically be the speaker in the Upper House.
The position of the Speaker of the House of Lords (as it is termed in the Act) became an office in itself not automatically be the speaker in the Upper House. This was under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. Itself allowed for the Lord Chancellor to.