APPENDIX 1: SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE
CONSTITUTION
The members of the committee that conducted the inquiry
were
Lord Crickhowell
Baroness Falkner of Margravine
Lord Goldsmith
Lord Hart of Chilton
Lord Irvine of Lairg
Baroness Jay of Paddington (chairman)
Lord Lang of Monkton (from 24 May 2012)
Lord Lexden
Lord Macdonald of River Glaven
Lord Pannick
Lord Powell of Bayswater
Lord Renton of Mount Harry (until 24 May 2012)
Lord Shaw of Northstead (until 17 October 2012)
Baroness Wheatcroft (from 17 October 2012)
Professor Richard Rawlings, Professor of
Public Law at the University College London, and Professor Adam
Tomkins, John Millar Professor of Public Law at the University
of Glasgow, acted as specialist advisers for the inquiry.
Declarations of interests
The following interests were declared
Lord Hart of Chilton
Paid special adviser to two Lord Chancellors (Lord
Irvine of Lairg and Lord Falconer of Thoroton).
Lord Irvine of Lairg
Lord Chancellor from 1997 to 2003.
Lord Lang of Monkton
Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Business
Appointments (has dealings with 4 to 6 civil servants who service
the committee, and with senior civil servants and special advisers,
whose future employment plans are vetted by the committee).
Lord Macdonald of River Glaven
Former Permanent Secretary of the Crown Prosecution
Service.
Practising barrister (Queen's Counsel).
Deputy High Court Judge sitting in the Administrative
Court.
Lord Pannick
Practising member of the Bar.
Lord Powell of Bayswater
Former civil servant.
A full list of members' interests can be found in
the Register of Lords' Interests:
http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-interests/register-of-lords-interests/
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