HOUSE OF LORDS - United Kingdom Parliament

Committee for Privileges and Conduct
Standing Orders (Private Bills) Committee
Hybrid Instruments Committee.
11.12 The Lord Speaker, Leaders, Chief Whips, Deputy Chief Whips,
Convenor of the Crossbench peers, Chairman of Committees and
Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees are exempt from the rotation
rule.
11.13 Members who leave a committee under the rotation rule are
eligible for reappointment after the lapse of one full session. 1 Select
committees apply the rotation rule to their sub-committees.
Chairman
11.14 The chairman of a committee may be appointed by the House on
the proposal of the Committee of Selection. Otherwise the Chairman of
Committees or, in his absence, a Deputy Chairman takes the chair. 2 In
the absence of an appointed chairman, the committee may appoint a
substitute. Alternatively, a committee may be given power to appoint its
own chairman; this is usually done only in the case of a joint committee.
Powers
11.15 A select committee may be appointed to report on a matter
referred to it. When such a committee has reported, it ceases to exist.
Alternatively, a committee may be given power to report “from time to
time”, i.e. more than once.
11.16 A committee cannot appoint sub-committees or delegate its powers
to sub-committees without an order of the House. This rule does not apply
to the Procedure Committee and the Committee for Privileges and
Conduct, which may appoint sub-committees without any specific authority
from the House. Other than in exceptional circumstances, the maximum
number of members on a sub-committee is 12. 3
11.17 A committee may be given power to co-opt other members of
the House as members of the committee or of a sub-committee.
1 Procedure 10th Rpt 1970–71.
2 SO 61.
3 Procedure 1st Rpt 1992–93; Liaison 2nd Rpt 2007–08.
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