Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords

The Senior Deputy Speaker is an officer of the House of Lords whose main role is to preside over the House when it is in committee (i.e., considering a bill at committee stage), either in the Lords Chamber or in Grand Committee, which is when committee stage is taken away from the floor to free up debating time in the main Chamber. The Senior Deputy Speaker deputises for the Lord Speaker, and like the Lord Speaker withdraws from political party membership. Additionally, the Senior Deputy Speaker chairs various select committees of the House, and has a role in the administration of the House.

The current incumbent, Lord McFall of Alcluith, took the office on 1 September 2016. Up until September 2016 the position was known as Chairman of Committees.^[1]

The Senior Deputy Speaker is assisted by the Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees and a panel of Deputy Chairmen of Committees. The Principal Deputy Chairman is Lord Boswell of Aynho. In addition to taking the chair in Committee of the Whole House and Grand Committee, Deputy Chairmen 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.^[2] Deputy Chairmen are, by practice, Deputy Speakers.^[3]

As of 29 June 2017, the panel of Deputy Chairmen are^[4]^[5]

Member	Party
Baroness Andrews		Labour
Lord Bassam of Brighton		Labour
Lord Brougham and Vaux		Conservative
Lord Dear		Crossbench
Lord Faulkner of Worcester		Labour
Baroness Fookes		Conservative
Baroness Garden of Frognal		Liberal Democrats
Lord Geddes		Conservative
Baroness Harris of Richmond		Liberal Democrats
Lord Haskel		Labour
Baroness Henig		Labour
Baroness Hooper		Conservative
Countess of Mar		Crossbench
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall		Labour
Baroness Morris of Bolton		Conservative
Baroness Pitkeathley		Labour
Viscount Simon		Labour
Baroness Stedman-Scott		Conservative
Lord Taylor of Holbeach		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, 2012–2015
The Lord Laming, 2015–2016

References

↑ "Senior Deputy Speaker". Hansard. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
↑ Private Standing Order 121.
↑ "Deputy Speakers".
↑ http://lordsbusiness.parliament.uk/ItemOfBusiness?itemOfBusinessId=36331&sectionId=40&businessPaperDate=2017-06-27 House of Lords Hansard 27 June 2017
↑ http://lordsbusiness.parliament.uk/ItemOfBusiness?itemOfBusinessId=36632&sectionId=40&businessPaperDate=2017-06-29 House of Lords Hansard 29 June 2017

Current Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Communities and Local Government Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Exiting the European Union Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health Home Affairs International Development International Trade 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 Petitions Public Accounts Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Regulatory Reform Statutory Instruments Women and Equalities
General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committee Delegated Legislation Committee European Committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee Legislative Grand Committee
Internal	Administration Finance 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 International Relations 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 Joint Committee on Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee on Draft Protection of Charities Bill Human Rights National Security Strategy Joint Committee on Palace of Westminster Statutory Instruments

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

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Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords

Past Chairmen

See also

References