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The House of Lords Appointments Commission is a non-partisan, non-statutory, independent body in the United Kingdom. It has three roles: *to recommend people for appointment as non-party-political life peers; *to vet all nominations for membership of the House of Lords, including those nominated by the UK political parties, to ensure the highest standards of propriety; *to scrutinise certain candidates added to the Honours Lists, such as those nominated for political services as well as anyone added at a late stage. 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〔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.〕 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. ==Members== The Commission has non-partisan members as well as representatives from the House of Lords of the three largest political parties: * Prof. Lord Kakkar, PC, Chairman * Lord Low of Dalston, CBE, Non-party political member * Lt-Col Sir Malcolm Ross, GCVO OBE, Non-party political member * Gillian Peele, Non-party political member * Lord Howard of Lympne, CH, PC, QC, member nominated by the Conservatives * Lord Hart of Chilton, member nominated by Labour * Baroness Scott of Needham Market, member nominated by the Liberal Democrats. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「House of Lords Appointments Commission」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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