§ Lord Shore of Stepneyasked the Chairman of Committees:
How many Lords are serving on the European Union Committee and its Sub-Committees; and how many of them belong, respectively, to the Conservative, Labour and Liberal parties and how many are Cross-Benchers. [HL1075]
§ The Chairman of Committees (Lord Boston of Faversham)The Select Committee on the European Union has 19 members. They all (with the exception of the Chairman, Lord Tordoff) also serve on a Sub-Committee. Each Sub-Committee has, in addition, a number of co-opted members. The total number of Lords serving on the Select Committee and its Sub-Committees is 69.
The breakdown by political party/membership of the Cross-Benches is as follows:
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Number Labour 23 Conservative 19 Liberal Democrat 13
Number Cross-Bench 13 Chairman 1 Total 69 The Chairman is an Officer of the House and is not counted as a member of a political party or the Cross-Benches.