- 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's remit is to make recommendations to the House on complaints of breach of parliamentary privilege.
The committee also considers petitions to claim any peerage. When considering Claims of Peerage, the committee must sit with at least three Lords of Appeal present.
Membership
The committee is presided over by the Chairman of Committees. As of 5 September 2011, the members of the committee areas follows:
- Lord Brabazon of Tara (Chairman)
- Baroness Anelay of St Johns
- Lord Bassam of Brighton
- Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
- Lord Eames
- Lord Graham of Edmonton
- Lord Howe of Aberavon
- Lord Irvine of Lairg
- Lord Lamming
- Lord Mackay of Clashfern
- Lord McNally
- Baroness Manningham-Buller
- Lord Scott of Foscote
- Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
- Lord Shutt of Greetland
- Lord Strathclyde
See also
Current British parliamentary committees 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
- General: Panel of Chairs · Public bill committee · Delegated Legislation Committees · European Committees · Northern Ireland Grand Committee · Regional Affairs Committee · Scottish Grand Committee · Welsh 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 · Merits of Statutory Instruments · 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 · Human Rights · National Security Strategy · Statutory Instruments · Tax Law Rewrite Bills
- Other: Security
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
Categories:- Committees of the House of Lords
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