House of Lords Appointments Commission

The House of Lords Appointments Commission is a non -partisan, statutory, independent body in the UK. The Commission has three tasks:

  • To recommend persons for appointment as a life peer, regardless of the political parties.
  • To judge all persons whose inclusion has been proposed in the House of Lords, even if this was done by a political party.
  • To judge people that have been proposed for their political work for a title of honor, as well as all those who were taken very late in the list.

The Commission was established in May 2000 as part of the House of Lords reform. The Commission will make the process of appointment of new members of the House of Lords generally better understood and comprehensible.

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- party member bound
  • Dr John Low CBE, non- party member bound
  • Professor Dame Joan Higgins DBE, non- party member bound
  • The Rt Hon The Lord Howard of Lympne CH QC, member proposed by the Conservative Party
  • The Lord Hart of Chilton, member proposed by the Labour Party
  • The Baroness Scott of Needham Market, member proposed by the Liberal Democrats.

"People's peers"

The Commission may make proposals for the appointment of life peers, plus it has given itself the following criteria to assess the candidate:

  • Proven success in their lives
  • The ability to make a measurable contribution to the work of the House of Lords
  • The ability to provide time for work in the House of Lords
  • A basic understanding of the Constitution and the role of the House of Lords
  • Integrity and independence
  • Untadliges a life in the public
  • Independence from any political party

The Commission has presented since its inception fifteen times proposal lists a total of 59 people. All nominees proposed for the dignity of life peers. The fact that the proposed persons belonging to neither the nobility nor the political parties, has British media this causes them ( German about: Volksadlige ) People's peers to call. This designation is, however, formally in any way. The creation of the Commission should only serve to make the process of appointing public, stop the proposer to greater responsibility and make the members of the House of Lords to better representatives of allgemeinden population, said Prime Minister Tony Blair. However, the list did not come up to these standards in the criticism in the first release in 2001. In March 2006, the Commission's objections against proposals to Tony Blair Cash for peerages scandal led as it was alleged that the persons proposed would have made more money donations to the Labour Party and were therefore added to the list.

Appeals Commission proposals

The following individuals have been proposed by the Commission since its establishment for inclusion in the House of Lords:

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 Aberavon 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

  • Dame Rennie Fritchie DBE
  • General Sir David Ramsbotham GCB CBE

July 22, 2005

  • Dame Ruth Deech DBE
  • Michael Hastings CBE
  • Professor Sir Martin Rees OM
  • Adair Turner
  • Jo Valentine

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
  • Lady Jane Campbell DBE
  • Jean Coussins
  • Khalid Hameed CBE
  • Professor Sir John Krebs
  • Andrew Mawson OBE

October 18, 2007

  • Professor Haleh Afshar OBE
  • Professor Sir Nicholas Stern

April 18, 2008

  • Dame Eliza Manningham - The Hon Buller DCB
  • Sir John Mogg KCMG
  • Sir Robert Smith

September 2008

  • Susan Campbell CBE
  • David Pannick

July 13, 2009

February 5, 2010

  • Sir Michael Bichard KCB
  • Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE
  • Tony Hall CBE
  • Professor Ajay Kakkar

October 5, 2010

September 5, 2011

May 17, 2012

February 27, 2013

  • Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane -Fox of Soho CBE
  • Michael Berkeley, Baron Berkeley of Knighton
John Menzies Low Michael Howard Garry Hart, Baron Hart of Chilton Rosalind Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market Richard Best, Baron Best John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley Michael Chan, Baron Chan Paul Condon, Baron Condon Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick Valerie Howarth, Baroness Howarth of Breckland Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote Herman Ouseley, Baron Ouseley Alec Broers, Baron Broers Nicky Chapman, Baroness Chapman Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey Diljit Rana, Baron Rana David Ramsbotham, Baron Ramsbotham Michael Hastings, Baron Hastings of Scarisbrick Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston David Rowe-Beddoe, Baron Rowe-Beddoe Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed John Krebs, Baron Krebs Andrew Mawson, Baron Mawson Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford Eliza Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller John Mogg, Baron Mogg Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin David Pannick, Baron Pannick Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar Sheila Hollins, Baroness Hollins Donald Curry, Baron Curry of Kirkharle Alexander Trees, Baron Trees Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho
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