HL Deb 02 May 2002 vol 634 c800

3.35 p.m.

The Chairman of Committees (Lord Tordoff)

My Lords, I beg to move the first Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper.

Moved, on behalf of the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Burnham, the Baroness Fookes, the Baroness Gould of Potternewton, the Lord Haskel and the Baroness Thomas of Walliswood be added to the Panel of Lords appointed to act as Deputy Chairmen of Committees for this Session.—(The Chairman of Committees.)

Baroness Gardner of Parkes

My Lords, will the Chairman of Committees confirm that the nominations made by the Committee of Selection are based on the criteria relating to standards in public life? In particular, I am thinking of objectivity, fairness and transparency. Is the objective basis for the evaluation of possible Deputy Chairmen of Committees transparently available to Members or do we still have a rather unclear system, operated through the usual channels?

The Chairman of Committees

My Lords, I suspect that it is the latter.

On Question, Motion agreed to.