House of Lords Commission

The House of Lords Commission is a select committee of the House of Lords which provides strategic and political direction for the House of Lords Administration. Its remit also includes approving the annual Estimate, overseeing financial support arrangements for peers, and delegate various functions to the Services, Finance, and Audit committees.^[1]

The House of Lords Commission replaced the House Committee.^[2]

Membership

As of May 2026, the peer membership of the committee is as follows:^[3]

Member	Party
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean(Chair)		Lord Speaker
Earl of Kinnoull		Crossbench
Lord McLoughlin		Conservative
Lord Morse		Crossbench
Baroness Pitkeathley		Labour
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede		Non-affiliated
Lord Purvis of Tweed		Liberal Democrat
Baroness Scott of Needham Market		Liberal Democrat
Baroness Smith of Basildon		Labour
Lord True		Conservative

The committee also includes external members who are not peers or members of Parliament.

References

↑ "House of Lords Commission – role". UK Parliament.
↑ "House Committee". UK Parliament.
↑ "House of Lords Commission – membership". UK Parliament.

Current parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business and Trade Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Energy Security and Net Zero Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health and Social Care Home Affairs Housing, Communities and Local Government International Development Justice Northern Ireland Affairs Science, Innovation and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions
Topical	Environmental Audit Petitions Public Accounts Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Statutory Instruments Women and Equalities
General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committees Delegated legislation committees European committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee
Internal	Administration Finance Backbench Business Liaison Modernisation Procedure Selection Standards Privileges Works of Art
Statutory	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

Lords

Topical	Communications and Digital Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Affairs International Agreements International Relations and Defence Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology
Private	Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders
Internal	Lords Commission Finance Liaison Conduct Procedure and Privileges Selection
Domestic	Services Works of Art

Joint

Select	Consolidation Bills Human Rights National Security Strategy Statutory Instruments Tax Law Rewrite Bills
Statutory	Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security

Membership

See also

References