to recommend at least two people a year for appointment as non-party-political life peers who sit on the crossbenches;
to vet for propriety most other nominations for membership of the House of Lords, including those nominated by the UK political parties, nominations put forward by the Prime Minister for ministerial appointment in the House of Lords, for public service, and nominations in the Honours lists (including Resignation and Dissolution).
The Commission does not vet for propriety the appointments of the Bishops or Archbishops or the 92 hereditary peers who still sit in the House of Lords.
The Commission was established in May 2000 to assist the transitional arrangements for reform of the House of Lords. The role of the Prime Minister in making non-partisan recommendations to the King for creation of life peerages was partially[1] transferred to the Commission, in order to ensure greater transparency in the process. It was also given oversight of all other appointments to the Lords, including partisan nominations.
The Commission makes recommendations for the appointment of non-partisan life peers. It has established for itself seven criteria upon which to base its decisions, seeking to recommend people with
a record of significant achievement within their chosen way of life;
the ability to make an effective and significant contribution to the work of the House of Lords;
the time available to ensure they can make a contribution;
some understanding of the constitutional framework, including the place of the House of Lords;
integrity and independence;
a commitment to the highest standards of public life; and
The Commission has made recommendations for appointment on 16 occasions since its establishment in 2000, with a total of 67 people being recommended for peerages. All of these individuals went on to be nominated as and created life peers. Upon taking their seats, every one of them joined the crossbenches.
The fact that the type of people considered by the Commission for peers were to be neither aristocratic nor members of the "political class" led some in the British media to describe those it was to appoint as "people's peers".[7] This term has never been a formal classification.
The purpose of the reform was to make the process more open and those making appointments more accountable. Upon the establishment of the Commission, the Prime Minister Tony Blair said it would ensure a House of Lords that was "more representative of our diverse society"; suitable candidates would be sought "in a wider field than up to now".[7]
Following the first set of appointments in April 2001, it was, however, pointed out that those chosen included several knights as well as leading academics and scientists, having much the same establishment background that would have been made peers anyway. The Labour MP Diane Abbott described them as "the metropolitan elite".
Appointments
The people recommended for appointment as life peers by the Commission since its establishment are listed below, by date of recommendation.[8][9][10][11]
In March 2006, the Commission objected to several men proposed for working peerages by Prime Minister Tony Blair, who had loaned large amounts of money to Blair's Labour Party. This led to the "Cash-for-Honours scandal."
In 2020, the Commission objected to the nomination of Peter Cruddas for a peerage by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Cruddas had donated over £1,000,000 to Johnson's Conservative Party. Johnson nonetheless decided that the appointment should proceed, becoming the first ever prime minister to overrule an advice of the Commission.[12]
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^"Peter Cruddas: PM overrules watchdog with Tory donor peerage". BBC News. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
^Hymas, Charles; Riley-Smith, Ben (11 June 2023). "Eight of Boris Johnson's picks for peerages blocked by Lords commission". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
External links
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The House of Lords Appointments Commission HOLAC is an independent advisory non departmental public body in the United Kingdom It has two roles to recommend at least two people a year for appointment as non party political life peers who sit on the crossbenches to vet for propriety most other nominations for membership of the House of Lords including those nominated by the UK political parties nominations put forward by the Prime Minister for ministerial appointment in the House of Lords for public service and nominations in the Honours lists including Resignation and Dissolution The Commission does not vet for propriety the appointments of the Bishops or Archbishops or the 92 hereditary peers who still sit in the House of Lords The Commission was established in May 2000 to assist the transitional arrangements for reform of the House of Lords The role of the Prime Minister in making non partisan recommendations to the King for creation of life peerages was partially 1 transferred to the Commission in order to ensure greater transparency in the process It was also given oversight of all other appointments to the Lords including partisan nominations Contents 1 Members 2 People s peers 3 Appointments 3 1 26 April 2001 3 2 1 May 2004 3 3 22 March 2005 3 4 22 July 2005 3 5 3 May 2006 3 6 15 February 2007 3 7 18 October 2007 3 8 18 April 2008 3 9 29 September 2008 3 10 13 July 2009 3 11 5 February 2010 3 12 5 October 2010 3 13 5 September 2011 3 14 17 May 2012 3 15 27 February 2013 3 16 13 October 2015 3 17 8 June 2018 3 18 24 February 2021 3 19 17 May 2022 4 Objections to PM nominations 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksMembers EditThe Commission has non partisan members as well as representatives from the House of Lords of the three largest political parties 2 Chair The Lord Bew member since 2007 Chair since November 2018 3 Non party political members The Lord Chartes GCVO PC member since 2019 4 Dame Fionnuala Jay O Boyle DBE DL member since 2019 4 vacant following the resignation of Harry Mount in September 2022 Members nominated by the three major parties Conservatives The Baroness Noakes Labour The Baroness Taylor of Bolton PC member since 2022 5 Liberal Democrats The Baroness Parminter People s peers EditThe Commission makes recommendations for the appointment of non partisan life peers It has established for itself seven criteria upon which to base its decisions seeking to recommend people with a record of significant achievement within their chosen way of life the ability to make an effective and significant contribution to the work of the House of Lords the time available to ensure they can make a contribution some understanding of the constitutional framework including the place of the House of Lords integrity and independence a commitment to the highest standards of public life and independence from any political party 6 The Commission has made recommendations for appointment on 16 occasions since its establishment in 2000 with a total of 67 people being recommended for peerages All of these individuals went on to be nominated as and created life peers Upon taking their seats every one of them joined the crossbenches The fact that the type of people considered by the Commission for peers were to be neither aristocratic nor members of the political class led some in the British media to describe those it was to appoint as people s peers 7 This term has never been a formal classification The purpose of the reform was to make the process more open and those making appointments more accountable Upon the establishment of the Commission the Prime Minister Tony Blair said it would ensure a House of Lords that was more representative of our diverse society suitable candidates would be sought in a wider field than up to now 7 Following the first set of appointments in April 2001 it was however pointed out that those chosen included several knights as well as leading academics and scientists having much the same establishment background that would have been made peers anyway The Labour MP Diane Abbott described them as the metropolitan elite Appointments EditThe people recommended for appointment as life peers by the Commission since its establishment are listed below by date of recommendation 8 9 10 11 26 April 2001 Edit Victor Adebowale CBE Richard Best OBE Amir Bhatia OBE Sir John Browne Michael Chan MBE Sir Paul Condon QPM Ilora Finlay 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 KT1 May 2004 Edit Sir Alec Broers Nicola Chapman Sir Ewen Cameron Frances D Souza CMG PC Elaine Murphy Lola Young OBE Diljit Rana MBE22 March 2005 Edit Dame Rennie Fritchie DBE General Sir David Ramsbotham GCB CBE22 July 2005 Edit Dame Ruth Deech DBE Michael Hastings CBE Sir Martin Rees OM Adair Turner Jo Valentine3 May 2006 Edit Colin Low CBE Sir David Rowe Beddoe Dame Elizabeth Butler Sloss GBE Sir Geoffrey Dear QPM Kamlesh Patel OBE Karan Bilimoria CBE Molly Meacher15 February 2007 Edit Paul Bew Dame Jane Campbell DBE Jean Coussins Khalid Hameed CBE Sir John Krebs Andrew Mawson OBE18 October 2007 Edit Haleh Afshar OBE Sir Nicholas Stern18 April 2008 Edit The Hon Dame Eliza Manningham Buller DCB Sir John Mogg KCMG Sir Robert Smith29 September 2008 Edit Susan Campbell CBE David Pannick QC13 July 2009 Edit Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks Dame Nuala O Loan DBE5 February 2010 Edit Sir Michael Bichard KCB Dame Tanni Grey Thompson DBE Tony Hall CBE Ajay Kakkar5 October 2010 Edit Peter Hennessy Sheila Hollins5 September 2011 Edit Indarjit Singh CBE Sir Donald Curry CBE17 May 2012 Edit Beeban Kidron OBE Alexander Trees27 February 2013 Edit Martha Lane Fox CBE Michael Berkeley CBE13 October 2015 Edit John Bird MBE Dame Julia King DBE Robert Mair CBE Mary Watkins8 June 2018 Edit Sir David Anderson KBE QC Rosie Boycott Deborah Bull CBE24 February 2021 Edit Dame Sue Black DBE Sir Amyas Morse KCB17 May 2022 Edit Shaista Gohir OBE Katherine Willis CBEObjections to PM nominations EditIn March 2006 the Commission objected to several men proposed for working peerages by Prime Minister Tony Blair who had loaned large amounts of money to Blair s Labour Party This led to the Cash for Honours scandal In 2020 the Commission objected to the nomination of Peter Cruddas for a peerage by Prime Minister Boris Johnson Cruddas had donated over 1 000 000 to Johnson s Conservative Party Johnson nonetheless decided that the appointment should proceed becoming the first ever prime minister to overrule an advice of the Commission 12 It was reported that 8 of Boris Johnson s Prime Minister s Resignation Honours were blocked by the commission 13 See also EditLords ReformReferences Edit http news bbc co uk 2 hi uk news politics 4205909 stm e g Gus O Donnell was created a crossbench peer by PM Cameron without involvement of the commission Chairman and Members of the Appointments Commission House of Lords Appointments Commission Retrieved 6 June 2023 Prime Minister appoints new committee chairs GOV UK 25 October 2018 Retrieved 21 June 2019 a b Prime Minister appoints new Independent Members to the House of Lords Appointments Commission GOV UK 31 May 2019 Retrieved 21 June 2019 Labour Party Political Member appointed to the House of Lords Appointments Commission GOV UK Retrieved 24 September 2022 Criteria Guiding the Assessment of Nominations for Non Party Political Life Peers HOLAC 2001 Retrieved 20 November 2006 a b People s peers under scrutiny BBC 25 April 2002 Retrieved 19 November 2006 HOLAC Appointments House of Lords Appointments Commission 30 July 2009 Retrieved 7 September 2009 Archived copy www brickcourt co uk Archived from the original on 28 May 2019 Retrieved 13 January 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Two new non party political peers PDF House of Lords Appointments Commission 24 February 2021 Retrieved 13 March 2021 Two new non party political peers PDF House of Lords Appointments Commission 17 May 2022 Retrieved 19 May 2022 Peter Cruddas PM overrules watchdog with Tory donor peerage BBC News 22 December 2020 Retrieved 23 December 2020 Hymas Charles Riley Smith Ben 11 June 2023 Eight of Boris Johnson s picks for peerages blocked by Lords commission The Telegraph ISSN 0307 1235 Retrieved 12 June 2023 External links EditHouse of Lords Appointments Commission Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title House of Lords Appointments Commission amp oldid 1163321959, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
