The Committee for Privileges and Conduct is a select committee of the House of Lords

House of Lords

The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....

 in the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...

. The committee's remit is to make recommendations to the House on complaints of breach of parliamentary privilege

Parliamentary privilege

Parliamentary privilege is a legal immunity enjoyed by members of certain legislatures, in which legislators are granted protection against civil or criminal liability for actions done or statements made related to one's duties as a legislator. It is common in countries whose constitutions are...

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The committee also considers petitions to claim any peerage

Peerage

The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...

. When considering Claims of Peerage, the committee must sit with at least three Lords of Appeal present.

Membership

The committee is presided over by the Chairman of Committees

Chairman of Committees

The Chairman of Committees is an officer of the House of Lords who presides over the House when it is in committee 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...

. As of 5 September 2011, the members of the committee areas follows:

• Lord Brabazon of Tara
  Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara
  Ivon Anthony Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara, DL is a British Conservative politician.Lord Brabazon attended Harrow School and married Harriet Frances de Courcy Hamilton in 1979, with whom he had a son and a daughter...
  
   (Chairman)
• Baroness Anelay of St Johns
  Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns
  Joyce Anne Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St. Johns, DBE, PC is a Conservative member of the House of Lords and has been the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords since 12 May 2010, having previously been Opposition Chief Whip before the May 2010 General Election.-Early life:She was born Joyce...
  
  
• Lord Bassam of Brighton
• Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
• Lord Eames
• Lord Graham of Edmonton
• Lord Howe of Aberavon
  Geoffrey Howe
  Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, PC is a former British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, and finally Leader of the House of Commons...
  
  
• Lord Irvine of Lairg
  Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg
  Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, PC, QC , known as Derry Irvine, is a British lawyer and political figure who served as Lord Chancellor under his former pupil barrister Tony Blair....
  
  
• Lord Lamming
  Herbert Laming, Baron Laming
  William Herbert Laming, Baron Laming, CBE isa British social worker and Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords. On 29 June 2011, it was announced that he had been elected to succeed Baroness D'Souza as Convenor of the Crossbench Peers; he will take up the post in September 2011 when the House...
  
  
• Lord Mackay of Clashfern
• Lord McNally
• Baroness Manningham-Buller
• Lord Scott of Foscote
  Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote
  Richard Rashleigh Folliott Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote PC, QC , is a British judge, who formerly held the office of Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.-Early life:...
  
  
• Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
  Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
  Janet Anne Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, PC is a British Labour politician. She is the current Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords.-Education and early political career:...
  
  
• Lord Shutt of Greetland
  David Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland
  David Trevor Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland, OBE, PC is a British Liberal Democrat politician, currently serving as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard and Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords.-Career:...
  
  
• Lord Strathclyde
  Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde
  Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, PC , is a British politician. He is currently the Leader of the House of Lords and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster as well as being the leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords...
  
  

See also

• List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament
• Peerage law
  Peerage law
  The British Peerage is governed by a body of law that has developed over several centuries.Much of this law has been established by a few important cases, and some of the more significant of these are addressed in this article.-Peerage disputes:...