Procedure Committee (House of Lords)
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The Procedure Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords
in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
. The remit of the committee is to review House procedures.
Alternates
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 remit of the committee is to review House procedures.
Members
As of 5 September 2011, the members 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) - 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...
(Conservative) - Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
- 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:...
(Lord Speaker) - Lord GoldsmithPeter Goldsmith, Baron GoldsmithPeter Henry Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, PC, QC , is a former Attorney General for England and Wales and Northern Ireland. On 22 June 2007, Goldsmith announced his resignation which took effect on 27 June 2007, the same day that prime minister, Tony Blair, stepped down. Goldsmith was the longest...
(Labour) - Baroness Gould of PotternewtonJoyce Gould, Baroness Gould of PotternewtonJoyce Brenda Gould, Baroness Gould of Potternewton is a British pharmacist, trade unionist and politician.The daughter of Sydney and Fanny Manson, she was educated at the Roundhay High School for Girls and the Bradford Technical College in pharmacy. Gould worked then as pharmaceutical dispenser...
(Labour) - Lord Harries of PentregarthRichard Harries, Baron Harries of PentregarthRichard Douglas Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth is a retired bishop of the Church of England. He was the 41st Bishop of Oxford from 1987 to 2006. Since 2008 he has been the Gresham Professor of Divinity.-Education and army career:...
(Crossbench) - Lord JoplingMichael Jopling, Baron JoplingThomas Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, PC is a politician in the United Kingdom, and sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party....
(Conservative) - 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...
(Crossbench) - Lord Low of DalstonColin Low, Baron Low of DalstonColin Mackenzie Low, Baron Low of Dalston, CBE is a British politician, law scholar and member of the House of Lords....
(Crossbench) - Lord McNally (Liberal Democrat)
- 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:...
(Labour) - 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:...
(Liberal Democrat) - 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...
(Conservative) - Baroness Thomas of WinchesterCelia Thomas, Baroness Thomas of WinchesterCelia Marjorie Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Winchester MBE was a founding member of the Liberal Party in Winchester in the 1960s.Thomas worked in the Liberal Democrat’s Whips Office between 1977 to 2005, becoming its head in 1997...
- Lord TylerPaul Tyler, Baron TylerPaul Archer Tyler, Baron Tyler, CBE, DL is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament from February to October 1974 and from 1992 to 2005, and now sits in the House of Lords as a life peer....
(Liberal Democrat) - Viscount UllswaterNicholas Lowther, 2nd Viscount UllswaterNicholas James Christopher Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater, LVO, PC , succeeded his great-grandfather in the Viscountcy of Ullswater in 1949...
(Conservative) - Lord Wakeham (Conservative)
- Baroness Wall of New BarnetMargaret Wall, Baroness Wall of New BarnetMargaret Mary Wall, Baroness Wall of New Barnet is a British trade unionist. She was Chair of the Labour Party from 2001 to 2002. Wall is also a former national secretary and head of policy of AMICUS....
(Labour)
Alternates
- Lord Campbell-SavoursDale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-SavoursDale Norman Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours is a British Labour Party politician. A Member of Parliament from 1979 to 2001, he now sits in the House of Lords....
(Labour) - Viscount CraigavonJanric Craig, 3rd Viscount CraigavonJanric Fraser Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon is a British peer and chartered accountant. He is one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999; he sits as a crossbencher....
(Crossbench) - Baroness HamweeSally Hamwee, Baroness HamweeSally Rachel, Baroness Hamwee is a Liberal Democrat politician. She is a Life Peer and former chair of the London Assembly.Sally Hamwee was educated at the Manchester High School for Girls...
(Liberal Democrat) - Lord Hunt of Wirral (Conservative)
- Viscount Montgomery of AlameinDavid Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of AlameinDavid Bernard Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein CMG, CBE is a British politician, businessman, and promoter of good relations with South America...
(alternate for Lord Laming, the Convenor of the Crossbench peers)