HOUSE OF LORDS - United Kingdom Parliament

of eleven members of the House, including the Leaders of the three main
parties and the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers or their
representatives, together with four backbenchers. The Chairman of
Committees is chairman, and the chairmen of the main investigative
committees are entitled to attend the meetings of the committee on
agenda items which concern them.
Committee for Privileges and Conduct
11.68 The House refers to this committee questions regarding its
privileges and claims of peerage and of precedence. The House referred
to the committee two questions of law arising from the House of Lords
Bill in 1999. 1 The Committee for Privileges and Conduct also oversees
the operation of the Code of Conduct and Register of Interests (see
Chapter 5). The committee consists of 16 members of the House, two of
which are former holders of high judicial office. 2 In any claim of peerage,
the committee sits with three current holders of high judicial office, who
are granted the same speaking and voting rights as the members of the
committee. The chairman is the Chairman of Committees.
11.69 The work of the Committee for Privileges and Conduct in respect
of the Code of Conduct and the Register of Interests is normally
delegated to a Sub-Committee on Lords’ Conduct (paragraphs 5.03 and
5.34).
Procedure Committee
11.70 This committee considers any proposals for alterations in the
procedure of the House that may arise from time to time, and whether
the standing orders require to be amended. The committee has authority
to appoint sub-committees without an express order of the House.
11.71 The members of the committee are the Chairman of Committees
(in the chair), the Lord Speaker, the Party Leaders and Chief Whips, the
Convenor of the Crossbench Peers, three Labour backbenchers, three
Conservative backbenchers, two Liberal Democrat backbenchers and
two other Crossbenchers. 3
1 LJ (1998–99) 653.
2 SO 77; Procedure 1st Rpt 2009–10.
3 Procedure 2nd Rpt 2005–06.
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