House of Lords Appointments Commission
The House of Lords Appointments Commission is a non-partisan, statutory, independent body in the United Kingdom . The commission has three tasks:
- To recommend individuals for nomination as Life Peers regardless of political parties.
- To judge any person proposed for inclusion in the House of Lords , even if it was through a political party.
- To judge people who have been nominated for honorary degrees for their political work, as well as those who were late on the list.
The commission was set up in May 2000 as part of reforms related to the House of Lords Act 1999 . The purpose of the commission is to make the process of appointing new members of the House of Lords generally easier to understand and understand.
Members of the Commission
The commission has non-party members as well as members representing the House of Lords and the three major parties represented there.
- The Lord Jay of Ewelme GCMG , Chairman
- The Baroness Campbell of Surbiton DBE , non-partisan member
- Dr John Low CBE , non-partisan member
- Professor Dame Joan Higgins DBE , non-partisan member
- The Rt Hon The Lord Howard of Lympne CH QC , member on the proposal of the Conservative Party
- The Lord Hart of Chilton , member on the proposal of the Labor Party
- The Baroness Scott of Needham Market , member on the proposal of the Liberal Democrats .
"People's peers"
The commission can make proposals for the appointment of Life Peers, for this purpose it has given itself the following criteria for evaluating the candidates:
- demonstrable successes in their life
- the ability to make a measurable contribution to the work of the House of Lords
- the opportunity to devote time to work in the House of Lords
- a basic understanding of the Constitution and the role of the House of Lords
- Integrity and independence
- an irreproachable life in public
- Independence from any political party
Since its inception, the Commission has submitted lists of proposals 15 times with a total of 59 people. All nominations were proposed for Life Peer Dignity. The fact that the proposed persons belonged neither to the nobility nor to political parties has led the British media to call them People's Peers . This designation is in no way official. The sole purpose of creating the commission was to make the process of appointment more public, encourage proponents to assume greater responsibility and make members of the House of Lords better representatives of the general population, Prime Minister Tony Blair said . However, when it was first published in 2001, the shortlist did not meet this requirement. In March 2006, the Commission's objection to Tony Blair's proposals on the Cash for Peerages scandal led to allegations that proposed individuals had made major donations to the Labor Party and were therefore included on the list.
Appointments from the Commission
The following people have been proposed for admission to the House of Lords by the Commission since it was set up:
April 26, 2001
- Victor Adebowale CBE
- Richard Best OBE
- Amir Bhatia OBE
- Sir John Browne
- Professor Michael Chan MBE
- Sir Paul Condon QPM
- Professor Ilora Finlay
- Professor Susan Greenfield CBE
- Sir David Hannay GCMG CH
- Valerie Howarth
- Lady Howe of Aberav from CBE
- Sir Robert May OM AC
- Sir Claus Moser KCB CBE
- Sir Herman Ouseley
- Sir Stewart Sutherland KT
May 1, 2004
- Professor Sir Alec Broers
- Nicola Chapman
- Sir Ewen Cameron
- Dr Frances D'Souza CMG PC
- Professor Elaine Murphy
- Professor Lola Young OBE
- Dr Diljit Rana MBE
March 22, 2005
July 22, 2005
May 3, 2006
- Professor Colin Low CBE
- Sir David Rowe-Beddoe
- Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss GBE
- Sir Geoffrey Dear QPM
- Professor Kamlesh Patel OBE
- Karan Bilimoria CBE
- Molly Meacher
February 15, 2007
- Professor Paul Bew
- Dame Jane Campbell DBE
- Jean Coussins
- Khalid Hameed CBE
- Professor Sir John Krebs
- Andrew Mawson OBE
October 18, 2007
April 18, 2008
September 2008
July 13, 2009
February 5, 2010
October 5, 2010
September 5, 2011
17th May 2012
February 27, 2013
October 13, 2015
- Robert Mair CBE
- John Bird, Baron Bird MBE
- Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE
- Mary Watkins, Baroness Watkins of Tavistock
Individual evidence
- ^ House of Lords Appointment Commission Criteria Guiding the Assessment of Nominations for Non-Party Political Life Peers, accessed April 6, 2013.
- ↑ 'People's Peers' under scrutiny BBC News April 25, 2002, accessed April 6, 2013
- ↑ Timeline: Cash of honors BBC News October 23, 2007, accessed April 6, 2013
- ^ House of Lords Appointments , accessed April 6, 2013.