Committee of Selection (House of Lords)
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The Committee of Selection is a committee of the House of Lords
in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
. The committee is appointed to propose members of select committees and the panel of Deputy Chairmen of Committees.
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
. The committee is appointed to propose members of select committees and the panel of Deputy Chairmen of Committees.
Membership
As of 5 September 2011, the members of the committee are as follows:- Lord Brabazon of TaraIvon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of TaraIvon Anthony Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara, DL is a British Conservative politician.Lord Brabazon attended Harrow School and married Harriet Frances de Courcy Hamilton in 1979, with whom he had a son and a daughter...
(Chairman of Committees) - Baroness Anelay of St JohnsJoyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St JohnsJoyce Anne Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St. Johns, DBE, PC is a Conservative member of the House of Lords and has been the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords since 12 May 2010, having previously been Opposition Chief Whip before the May 2010 General Election.-Early life:She was born Joyce...
- Lord Bassam of Brighton
- Baroness GoudieMary Goudie, Baroness GoudieMary Teresa Goudie, Baroness Goudie is a Labour member of House of Lords. In 1998, she was made a Life Peer as Baroness Goudie, of Roundwood in the London Borough of Brent. She was the European director of public affairs for the World Wide Fund for Nature from 1990 to 1995...
- Baron HyltonRaymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron HyltonRaymond Hervey Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton ARICS is a British peer and landowner. He was one of 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999....
- Lord LamingHerbert Laming, Baron LamingWilliam Herbert Laming, Baron Laming, CBE isa British social worker and Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords. On 29 June 2011, it was announced that he had been elected to succeed Baroness D'Souza as Convenor of the Crossbench Peers; he will take up the post in September 2011 when the House...
- Lord McNally
- Baroness Royall of BlaisdonJanet Royall, Baroness Royall of BlaisdonJanet Anne Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, PC is a British Labour politician. She is the current Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords.-Education and early political career:...
- Lord Shutt of GreetlandDavid Shutt, Baron Shutt of GreetlandDavid Trevor Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland, OBE, PC is a British Liberal Democrat politician, currently serving as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard and Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords.-Career:...
- Lord StrathclydeThomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron StrathclydeThomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, PC , is a British politician. He is currently the Leader of the House of Lords and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster as well as being the leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords...
- Lord Wakeham