Select Committee on Procedure of the House First Report



APPENDIX: TRIBUTES

It is the duty of the Leader of the House to bring forward, on their death, the names of certain categories of peers, for the usual channels to consider whether tributes should be paid in the House. It is open to the usual channels to agree, or not, to pay tributes in particular cases.

In alphabetical order, the categories are:

Archbishops of Canterbury and York (former or serving)

Chairmen of Committees (who die in office)

Convenors of the Crossbenches (former or serving)

Leaders of the House (former or serving)

Leaders of the Liberal Democrats (former or serving)

Leaders of the Opposition (former or serving)

Lord Chancellors (former or serving)

Lord Speakers (former or serving)

Peers who have held Cabinet office as members of the House of Lords

Prime Ministers (former or serving)


 
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