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Procedure and Privileges Committee

The Select Committee on Procedure and Privileges of the House is appointed each session to consider any proposals for alterations in the procedure of the House that may arise from time to time, and whether the standing orders require to be amended.

Membership

The members of the Procedure and Privileges Committee are:

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Chair)

Earl of Kinnoull

Lord Dholakia

Lord Lisvane

Baroness Falkner of Margravine

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Lord Speaker)

Lord Purvis of Tweed

Lord Goddard of Stockport

Baroness Smith of Basildon

Viscount Goschen

Lord Stoneham of Droxford

Earl Howe

Lord Swire

Lord Hunt of King’s Heath

Lord True

Lord Jones

Baroness Williams of Trafford

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

Alternate members

Lord Bradley (for backbench Labour members)

Lord Harlech (for backbench Conservative members)

Baroness Kramer (for backbench Liberal Democrat members)

Lord Russell of Liverpool (for Crossbench members, other than the Convenor)

Lord Vaux of Harrowden (for the Convenor)

Declaration of interests

A full list of Members’ interests can be found in the Register of Lords’ Interests:
https://members.parliament.uk/members/lords/interests/register-of-lords-interests

Publications

All publications of the Committee are available at:
https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/191/procedure-and-privileges-committee/publications/

Further information

Further information about the House of Lords and its Committees, including guidance to witnesses, details of current inquiries and forthcoming meetings is available at:
http://www.parliament.uk/business/lords

Contact details

All correspondence should be addressed to the clerk of the Procedure and Privileges Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW. Telephone 020 7219 8829.
Email: berrym@parliament.uk

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