House of Lords Commission

The House of Lords Commission is a select committee of the House of Lords which provides strategic and political direction for the House of Lords Administration. Its remit also includes approving the annual Estimate, overseeing financial support arrangements for peers, and delegate various functions to the Services, Finance, and committees.^[1]

The House of Lords Commission replaced the House Committee.^[2]

Membership[]

As of May 2021, the membership of the committee is as follows:^[3]

Member	Party
The Lord McFall of Alcluith (Chair)		Lord Speaker
The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park		Conservative
The Lord Gardiner of Kimble		Non-affiliated
The Lord German		Liberal Democrat
The Lord Hill of Oareford		Conservative
The Lord Judge		Crossbench
The Lord Newby		Liberal Democrat
The Baroness Smith of Basildon		Labour
The Lord Touhig		Labour
The Lord Vaux of Harrowden		Crossbench

The committee also includes external members who are not peers or members of Parliament.

References[]

^ "House of Lords Commission - role". UK Parliament.
^ "House Committee". UK Parliament.
^ "House of Lords Commission - membership". UK Parliament.

Current parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Housing, Communities and Local Government Defence Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Education Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health and Social Care Home Affairs International Development International Trade Justice Northern Ireland Affairs Science and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions
Topical	Arms Export Controls Environmental Audit European Scrutiny Petitions Public Accounts Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Regulatory Reform Statutory Instruments Women and Equalities
General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committees Delegated legislation committees European committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee
Internal	Administration Finance Backbench Business Liaison Members' Expenses Procedure Selection Standards Privileges Works of Art
Statutory	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

Lords

Topical	Communications and Digital Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Union International Relations and Defence Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology
Private	Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders
Internal	Lords Commission Finance Liaison Conduct Procedure and Privileges Selection
Domestic	Services Works of Art

Joint

Select	Consolidation Bills Human Rights National Security Strategy Statutory Instruments Tax Law Rewrite Bills
Statutory	Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security

House of Lords Commission

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