Chairman of Committees (House of Lords)

The Chairman of Committees is an officer of the House of Lords who presides over the House when it is in committee (i.e., considering a bill at committee stage) both in the Lords Chamber and in Grand Committee, which is when committee stage is taken away from the floor to free up debating time in the main Chamber. The Chairman also chairs various select committees of the House, and has a role in the Administration of the House. Like the Lord Speaker, the Chairman of Committees withdraws from political party membership. The current holder, Lord Sewel, resigned the Labour whip upon taking up his office. The Chairman is assisted by the Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees and several other Deputy Chairman of Committees. The Principal Deputy Chairman is Lord Boswell of Aynho. A panel of other Deputy Chairmen is appointed to assist them. In addition to taking the chair in Committee of the Whole and Grand Committee, members of the panel are appointed from time-to-time to serve with the Chairman of Committees on unopposed bill committees, which scrutinise private bills against which no petitions have been lodged.^[1] As of 14 February 2013, the panel of Deputy Chairmen are as follows:

Baroness Andrews (Labour)
Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Conservative)
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Lord Bates (Conservative)
Lord Bichard (Crossbench)
Lord Brougham and Vaux (Conservative)
Lord Colwyn (Conservative)
Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Labour)
Baroness Fookes (Conservative)
Lord Geddes (Conservative)
Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen (Labour)
Baroness Harris of Richmond (Liberal Democrat)
Lord Haskel (Labour)
Baroness Hooper (Conservative)
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall (Labour)
Baroness Morris of Bolton (Conservative)
Baroness Pitkeathley (Labour)
Viscount Simon (Labour)
Lord Skelmersdale (Conservative)
Viscount Ullswater (Conservative)

Past Chairmen

The Earl of Clarendon, 1715-1723
The Lord De La Warr, 1724-1733
The Earl of Warwick, 1733-1759
The Lord Willoughby of Parham, 1759-1765
The Lord Delamer, 1765-1770
The Viscount Wentworth, 1770-1774
The Lord Boston, 1774-1775
The Lord Scarsdale, 1775-1789
The Lord Cathcart, 1789-1794
The Lord Walsingham, 1794-1814
The Earl of Shaftesbury, 1814-1851
The Lord Redesdale later Earl of Redesdale, 1851-1886
The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 1886-1889
The Earl of Morley, 1889-1905
The 4th Earl of Onslow, 1905-1911
The Earl of Donoughmore, 1911-1931
The 5th Earl of Onslow, 1931-1944
The Lord Stanmore, 1944-1946
The Earl of Drogheda, 1946-1957
The Lord Merthyr, 1957-1965
The Earl of Listowel, 1965-1976
The Lord Aberdare, 1976-1992
The Lord Ampthill, 1992-1994
The Lord Boston of Faversham, 1994-2000
The Lord MacKay of Ardbrecknish, 2000-2001
The Lord Tordoff, 2001-2002
The Lord Brabazon of Tara, 2002-2012
The Lord Sewel, 2012-present

References

↑ Private Standing Order 121.

Current Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business, Innovation and Skills Communities and Local Government Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Energy and Climate Change Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health Home Affairs International Development Justice Northern Ireland Affairs Political and Constitutional Reform Science and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions

Topical	Arms Export Controls Environmental Audit European Scrutiny Public Accounts Public Administration Regulatory Reform Statutory Instruments

General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committee Delegated Legislation Committee European Committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee

Internal	Administration Finance and Services Backbench Business Liaison Members' Expenses Procedure Selection Standards and Privileges Works of Art

Lords

Topical	Communications Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Union Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology

Private business	Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders Internal: House Liaison Committee Privileges and Conduct Procedure Selection

Domestic	Administration and Works Information Refreshment Works of Art

Joint

Select	Consolidation, &c., Bills Human Rights National Security Strategy Statutory Instruments Tax Law Rewrite Bills

Other	Security

Statutory

Commons	House of Commons Commission Administration Estimate Audit Members Estimate Members Estimate Audit Public Accounts Commission Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Joint	Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security

Chairman of Committees (House of Lords)

Past Chairmen

See also

References