Joint committee on Conventions First Special Report



THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONVENTIONS

The Joint Committee has been appointed with the following terms of reference:

That, accepting the primacy of the House of Commons, it is expedient that a Joint Committee of the Lords and Commons be appointed to consider the practicality of codifying the key conventions on the relationship between the two Houses of Parliament which affect the consideration of legislation, in particular:

(A) the Salisbury-Addison convention that the Lords does not vote against measures included in the governing party's Manifesto;

(B) conventions on secondary legislation;

(C) the convention that Government business in the Lords should be considered in reasonable time;

(D) conventions governing the exchange of amendments to legislation between the two Houses;

That the committee have leave to report from time to time;

That the committee have power to appoint specialist advisers;

That the committee have power to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom;

That the committee do report by 21 July 2006.

Current membership

The eleven Lords members, appointed on 22 May 2006, are:

Viscount Bledisloe

Lord Carter

Lord Cunningham of Felling

Lord Elton

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Higgins

Lord McNally

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Lord Tomlinson

Lord Tyler

Lord Wright of Richmond

The eleven Commons members, appointed on 17 May 2006, are:

Mr Russell Brown

Mr Wayne David

Mr George Howarth

Simon Hughes

Sarah McCarthy-Fry

Andrew Miller

Sir Malcolm Rifkind

Mr John Spellar

Ms Gisela Stuart

Mr Andrew Tyrie

Sir Nicholas Winterton

At its first meeting, on 23 May 2006, the Committee elected Lord Cunningham of Felling as its Chairman.


 
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