Hybrid Instruments Committee
Encyclopedia
The Hybrid Instruments Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords
in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
. The role of the committee is to look into all opposed hybrid instruments (i.e., a statutory instrument that, but for its enabling act, would have had to proceed through Parliament as a hybrid bill
or private bill
), and to advise the House as to whether it should appoint a select committee, similar to those appointed for opposed private bills, to scrutinise the instrument and the petition or petitions against it.
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 role of the committee is to look into all opposed hybrid instruments (i.e., a statutory instrument that, but for its enabling act, would have had to proceed through Parliament as a hybrid bill
Hybrid bill
In the United Kingdom, a hybrid bill is a public bill which affects the private interests of a particular person or organization. It is generally initiated by the Government on behalf of non-Parliamentary bodies such as local authorities and is treated like a private bill for the beginning of its...
or private bill
Private bill
A private bill is a proposal for a law that would apply to a particular individual or group of individuals, or corporate entity. If enacted, it becomes a private Act . This is unlike public bills which apply to everyone within their jurisdiction...
), and to advise the House as to whether it should appoint a select committee, similar to those appointed for opposed private bills, to scrutinise the instrument and the petition or petitions against it.
Members
As of 17 May 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) - Lord AddingtonDominic Hubbard, 6th Baron AddingtonDominic Bryce Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington is a British politician, one of ninety elected hereditary peers currently sitting in the House of Lords. He is a member of the Liberal Democrats....
- Lord Campbell of AllowayAlan Campbell, Baron Campbell of AllowayAlan Robertson Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway QC is a British judge, barrister and author.The son of John Kenneth Campbell and Juliet Pinner was educated at Aldenham School, Hertfordshire and Ecole des Sciences Politiques in Paris in 1934...
- Lord GrantchesterChristopher Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron GrantchesterChristopher John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester is a British peer and Labour politician.He is the son of the 2nd Baron Grantchester and Lady Grantchester and was educated at Winchester College, where he was in the school football team, and at the London School of Economics, where he...
- Lord HarrisonLyndon Harrison, Baron HarrisonLyndon Henry Arthur Harrison, Baron Harrison is a British Labour Party politician. He was created a life peer in 1999. Lord Harrison speaks regularly in the House of Lords...
- Lord LukeArthur Lawson Johnston, 3rd Baron LukeArthur Charles St John Lawson Johnston, 3rd Baron Luke is a British peer and currently Opposition Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport and for Defence...
- Lord Quirk
- Lord SwinfenRoger Swinfen Eady, 3rd Baron SwinfenRoger Mynors Swinfen Eady, 3rd Baron Swinfen is a British peer. He is one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999....