House Committee (House of Lords)
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The House Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords
in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
that sets policy and provides guidance for long-term planning for the House, supervises its finances, and supervise the scheme for members' expenses.
generally chairs the committee. As of 5 September 2011, the its members are as follows:
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...
that sets policy and provides guidance for long-term planning for the House, supervises its finances, and supervise the scheme for members' expenses.
Membership
The Lord SpeakerLord Speaker
The Lord Speaker is the speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The office is analogous to the Speaker of the House of Commons: the Lord Speaker is elected by the members of the House of Lords and is expected to be politically impartial.Until July 2006, the role of...
generally chairs the committee. As of 5 September 2011, the its members are as follows:
- Baroness D'SouzaFrances D'Souza, Baroness D'SouzaFrances Gertrude Claire D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza, CMG, PC is a British scientist and life peer in the House of Lords. She is currently Lord Speaker, having taken office on 1 September 2011.-Biography:...
(Chairman) - Lord AlderdiceJohn Alderdice, Baron AlderdiceJohn Thomas Alderdice, Baron Alderdice is a Northern Ireland politician. He was Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1998-2004, leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1987-1998, and since 1996 sits in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.-Personal life:Alderdice was born to the...
- Lord Baker of Dorking
- 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...
- Lord Craig of RadleyDavid Craig, Baron Craig of RadleyMarshal of the Royal Air Force David Brownrigg Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, GCB, OBE , is a retired Royal Air Force officer and member of the House of Lords...
- Baroness Hollis of HeighamPatricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of HeighamPatricia Lesley Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham PC, DL is a Labour member of the House of Lords.She was educated at Plympton Grammar School, at Cambridge University, the University of California and Columbia University, New York , and at Nuffield College, Oxford .She was a lecturer in modern...
- Lord LammingHerbert 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...
- Baroness McIntosh of HudnallGenista McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh of HudnallGenista Mary "Jenny" McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall is a British arts consultant, theatre executive and Labour politician....
- 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 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