| 词条 | House of Lords Appointments Commission |
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The House of Lords Appointments Commission is an independent advisory Non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom. It has two roles:
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 Queen 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. MembersThe Commission has non-partisan members as well as representatives from the House of Lords of the three largest political parties:
"People's peers"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
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".[4] 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".[4] 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". AppointmentsThe people recommended for appointment as life peers by the Commission since its establishment are listed below, by date of recommendation.[5][6] 26 April 2001
1 May 2004
22 March 2005
22 July 2005
3 May 2006
15 February 2007
18 October 2007
18 April 2008
29 September 2008
13 July 2009
5 February 2010
5 October 2010
5 September 2011
17 May 2012
27 February 2013
13 October 2015
8 June 2018
"Cash for Peerages"In March 2006 the Commission's objections to some of those proposed by Prime Minister Tony Blair for working peerages led to the "Cash for Peerages" scandal. See also
References1. ^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. 2. ^https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-appoints-new-committee-chairs 3. ^{{cite web | year=2001 | title=Criteria Guiding the Assessment of Nominations for Non-Party Political Life Peers|work=HOLAC|url=http://lordsappointments.independent.gov.uk/selection-criteria.aspx| accessdate=20 November 2006}} 4. ^1 {{cite news | title='People's peers' under scrutiny| work=BBC|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1950254.stm| accessdate=19 November 2006 | date=25 April 2002}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lordsappointments.gov.uk/appointees.aspx|title=HOLAC Appointments|publisher=House of Lords Appointments Commission|date=30 July 2009|accessdate=7 September 2009}} 6. ^ {{Dead link|date=September 2018}} External links
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