Committee for Privileges and Conduct

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The Committee for Privileges and Conduct is a select committee of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The committee considers issues relating to the privileges of the House of Lords and its members, as well as having oversight for its members' conduct. The Committee for Privileges and Conduct is made up of sixteen members of the House, two of which must be former holders of high judicial office.

Composition

The committee is presided over by the Chairman of Committees and consists of sixteen peers. Generally, at least two members must be former holders of high judicial office.^[1] When deliberating on claimed or abeyant peerages, membership of at least three sitting judges is required, who enjoy the same voting and speaking rights as ordinary members.^[2]^[3]

Current membership

As of 10 January 2016, the membership of the committee is as follows:^[4]

Member	Party
Lord Laming (Chairman)		Non-affiliated
Lord Bassam of Brighton		Labour
Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood		Crossbench
Lord Dear		Crossbench
Lord Eames		Crossbench
Lord Hope of Craighead		Crossbench
Lord Irvine of Lairg		Labour
Lord Mackay of Clashfern		Conservative
Lord Newby		Liberal Democrats
Baroness Scotland of Asthal		Labour
Baroness Smith of Basildon		Labour
Baroness Stowell of Beeston		Conservative
Lord Taylor of Holbeach		Conservative
Viscount Ullswater		Conservative
Lord Wallace of Tankerness		Liberal Democrats
Lord Young of Cookham		Conservative

References

↑ "Committee for Privileges - role". UK Parliament. n.d. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
↑ "Select Committee on Privileges First Report: Appendix 4 (6)". UK Parliament. 2000. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
↑ "Committee for Privileges". UK Parliament. n.d. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
↑ "Privileges and Conduct (Committee for) - membership". UK Parliament. n.d. Retrieved 23 April 2015.

External links

Committee website

Current Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business, Innovation and Skills Communities and Local Government Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Energy and Climate Change Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health Home Affairs International Development Justice Northern Ireland Affairs Political and Constitutional Reform Science and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions

Topical	Arms Export Controls Environmental Audit European Scrutiny Public Accounts Public Administration Regulatory Reform Statutory Instruments Women and Equalities

General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committee Delegated Legislation Committee European Committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee English Grand Committee

Internal	Administration Finance and Services Backbench Business Liaison Members' Expenses Procedure Selection Standards and Privileges Works of Art

Lords

Topical	Communications Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Union Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology

Private business	Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders Internal: House Liaison Committee Privileges and Conduct Procedure Selection

Domestic	Administration and Works Information Refreshment Works of Art

Joint

Select	Consolidation, &c., Bills Joint Committee on Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee on Draft Protection of Charities Bill Human Rights National Security Strategy Joint Committee on Palace of Westminster Statutory Instruments

Statutory

Commons	House of Commons Commission Administration Estimate Audit Members Estimate Members Estimate Audit Public Accounts Commission Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Joint	Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security

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Committee for Privileges and Conduct

Composition

Current membership

See also

References

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