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Procedure And Privileges Committee
The Procedure and Privileges Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace .... The remit of the committee is to review House procedure and privileges. Membership As of May 2025, the membership of the committee is as follows: External links The records of the House of Lords Procedure Committee are held by the UK Parliamentary Archives See also * List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament References {{UKParliamentCommittees Committees of the House of Lords ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Select Committee (United Kingdom)
In British politics, parliamentary select committees are cross-party groups of MPs or Lords which investigate specific issues or scrutinise the work of the Government of the United Kingdom. They can be appointed from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, from the House of Lords, or as a Joint committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, joint committee of Parliament drawn from both. Committees may be constituted as "sessional" committees – i.e. be near-permanent – or as "ad-hoc" committees with a specific deadline by which to complete their work, after which they cease to exist. House of Commons select committees are generally responsible for overseeing the work of government departments and agencies, whereas Lords select committees look at general issues, such as the British constitution, constitution or the economy. Select committees are also one of Parliament's mechanisms for holding the private sector to account. Following the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Laming, Baron Laming
William Herbert Laming, Baron Laming, (born 19 July 1936) is a British social worker and member of the House of Lords. He served as Convenor of the Crossbench Peers from 2011 to 2015 and as Chairman of Committees from 2015 to 2016. Early life Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Laming studied Applied Social Studies at Durham University in 1960. Social work Laming worked as a probation officer and psychiatric social worker in Nottingham, before moving to Hertfordshire County Council in 1971, becoming director of social services in 1975. In 1990, his department was strongly criticised for its handling of a case that centred on allegations made to Hertfordshire social services by the father of a young girl who was concerned that his daughter was being sexually abused by her mother's boyfriend. The child was interviewed in front of her mother, a violation of official guidelines. Police and social services performed an overnight raid on his house and took his daughter to her mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Williams, Baroness Williams Of Trafford
Susan Frances Maria Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford (née McElroy; born 16 May 1967)''Baroness Williams of Trafford'' Profile at Democracy Live. Retrieved 8 February 2014. is a who served as the Chief Whip of the House of Lords and |
Nicholas True, Baron True
Nicholas Edward True, Baron True, (born 31 July 1951) is a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who served as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal between September 2022 and July 2024. He has been a member of the House of Lords since 2011 and Shadow Leader of the House of Lords since July 2024. Early life and education True was born on 31 July 1951 to Edward Thomas True and Kathleen Louise True (''née'' Mather). He was educated at Nottingham High School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1973; as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin), Master of Arts (MA Cantab) in 1978. Politics True worked in the Conservative Research Department from 1975 to 1982, also serving as assistant to the Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party from 1978 to 1982. He was Special advisers in the United Kingdom, special adviser to Norman Fowler, Sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde
Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, (born 22 February 1960), known informally as Tom Strathclyde, is a British Conservative politician. Lord Strathclyde served in the political role of Leader of the House of Lords from the 2010 general election until January 2013 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, having been Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords (1998–2010). As of 2025, he is the most recent hereditary peer to serve as Leader of the Lords. Biography Thomas Galbraith was born in Glasgow, the son of Conservative politician Tam Galbraith and his Belgian wife Simone du Roy de Blicquy. His father was MP for Glasgow Hillhead from 1948 until his death in 1982. Galbraith succeeded to the barony in 1985 at the age of 25, following the death of his grandfather Thomas Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde. He contested the Merseyside East constituency in the 1984 European election. Education Galbraith was educated at Sussex H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Stoneham, Baron Stoneham Of Droxford
Benjamin Russell Mackintosh Stoneham, Baron Stoneham of Droxford (born 26 August 1948)The Lord Stoneham of Droxford , ''Debrett's People of Today'' is a British peer, journalist, and Liberal Democrat politician. He is currently the Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords, having been elected to that position in October 2016. Education He was educated at , |
Angela Smith, Baroness Smith Of Basildon
Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, (born 7 January 1959), is a British politician and life peer serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal since 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Parties, she was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon from 1997 to 2010. Smith served in government as an Assistant Whip from 2001 to 2002 and a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State from 2002 to 2007. She became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, in 2007 and served until her appointment as Minister of State for the Third Sector in 2009. Smith lost her seat to the Conservatives at the 2010 general election, contesting the reformed South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency. She was appointed to the House of Lords shortly after her defeat, where she became Shadow Deputy Chief Whip in 2012 and Shadow Leader in 2015. Early life Smith was born on 7 January 1959 in London, England. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Newby, Baron Newby
Richard Mark Newby, Baron Newby (born 14 February 1953) is a British politician who has been the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords since September 2016. He served as Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords, as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 2012 and 2015, as and Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2012 to 2016. Early life, education and career Newby was born in February 1953, the son of Frank and Kathleen Newby. He was educated at the Rothwell Grammar School in the village of Lofthouse in West Yorkshire, followed by St Catherine's College at the University of Oxford, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics in 1974 and was later awarded a Master of Arts degree. On leaving university, Newby joined HM Customs and Excise where he became principal in charge of budget coordination in 1980. He was then director of corporate affairs at Rosehaugh plc, at one time a major proper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delyth Morgan, Baroness Morgan Of Drefelin
Delyth Jane Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin (born 30 August 1961) is a Crossbench peer in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, having formerly sat as a Labour peer. She was raised to the peerage in 2004 and appointed Chief Executive of the Breast Cancer Campaign, now Breast Cancer Now, in 2011. She was educated at Bedford College, London, BSc Physiology & Biochemistry, 1983, now part of Royal Holloway, University of London,Royal Holloway College, ''Higher Magazine No.17'', autumn 2012, accessed 24 November 2012 and also University College London. She was president of the London University Union (1985–86). Professional career Before being raised to the peerage Morgan had a long and successful career in the voluntary sector, including a decade at the helm of Breakthrough Breast Cancer. She played a leading role in creating breast cancer as a high-profile issue when it had been a hidden and rarely discussed condition. She also led fund raising efforts which resulted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom McNally, Baron McNally
Thomas McNally, Baron McNally (born 20 February 1943) is a British politician and a former Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords. Early life McNally was born in Blackpool. A Catholic of Irish descent, he attended St Joseph's College, Blackpool. He later attended University College London, where he was elected president of the Debating Society as well as Students' Union President. Professional career He later worked for the Fabian Society, and then as a full-time employee of the Labour Party, becoming its international secretary. He served as a political advisor to Foreign Secretary James Callaghan during the conflict in Cyprus in the 1970s, before becoming head of the Prime Minister's political office at Downing Street in 1976 when Callaghan succeeded Harold Wilson. Political career Elected to the House of Commons in 1979 as a member of the Labour Party for the constituency of Stockport South, in 1981 he was one of the later defectors to the new Social ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McFall, Baron McFall Of Alcluith
John Francis McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith (born 4 October 1944), is a Scottish politician and life peer who has served as Lord Speaker, the presiding officer of the House of Lords, since 2021. He was a member of Parliament for the Labour and Co-operative Party from 1987 to 2010, first for Dumbarton and then from 2005 for West Dunbartonshire. He also served as Chairman of the House of Commons Treasury Committee. Following his appointment to the House of Lords, McFall served as Senior Deputy Speaker from 2016 to 2021 before succeeding Lord Fowler as Lord Speaker. Early life McFall went to a boys' school, St Patrick's Secondary School (since merged with Notre Dame High School to form Our Lady & St Patrick's High School), on Hawthornhill Road in Castlehill, Dumbarton, leaving without any qualifications at 15. His father was a school caretaker and his mother had a newsagents shop, which sparked his (later) interest in how to run businesses. He worked for the local Parks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft
Benjamin Lloyd Stormont Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft (born 16 May 1957), is a British peer, businessman and Conservative Party politician. Early life Mancroft was born on 16 May 1957. He is the son of the 2nd Baron Mancroft and Diana Lloyd. He was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public school in Berkshire. Political career In 1987 he succeeded to his father's titles and became the 3rd Baron Mancroft. He entered the House of Lords on 23 February 1988 and sits as a Conservative. In 1999 he was one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. Personal life Lord Mancroft has been married to Emma Peart, daughter of Thomas Peart and his wife Gabriel, since 20 September 1990; they have one daughter and two sons: *The Hon. Georgia Esmé Mancroft (born 25 April 1993) *The Hon. Arthur Louis Stormont Mancroft (born 3 May 1995) *The Hon. Maximilian Michael Mancroft (born 3 August 1998) Arms Controversies NHS nurs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
