Appendix 2
Membership of the Speaker's Committee
The membership of the Speaker's Committee is determined
in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Political
Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. The Committee consists
of nine members, three ex officio and six appointed for
the duration of the Parliament—a Member of the House of
Commons who is a Minister of the Crown with responsibilities in
relation to local government, appointed by the Prime Minister,
and five Members of the House of Commons who are not Ministers
of the Crown, appointed by the Speaker.
Since the Committee's last report, the membership
has been as follows:
Ex officio members
The Rt Hon Michael Martin MP, as Speaker of the House
of Commons, who is also the Chairman of the Committee, by virtue
of section 2(2).
By virtue of the provisions of sections 2(2)(a)
and 2(6)
Chris Mullin MP, as Chairman of the Home Affairs
Committee of the House of Commons (until 27 January 2003[1])
The Rt Hon Alan Beith MP, as Chairman of the Committee
on the Lord Chancellor's Department (from 4 February 2003 until
11 September 2003) and as Chairman of the Constitutional Affairs
Committee (from 11 September 2003)
By virtue of the provisions of section2(2)(b)
The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government
and the Regions (until 25 November 2002[2]).
The Rt Hon Lord Irvine of Lairg QC (until 13 June
2003); and the Rt Hon the Lord Falconer of Thoroton QC[3]
(from 13 June 2003), as Lord Chancellor (from 25 November 2002)
Appointed members
Appointed by the Prime Minister, by virtue
of the provisions of section 2(2)(c) and 2(3)
The Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP, Minister for Local
Government, Regional Governance, and Fire.
Appointed by the Speaker, by virtue of the
provisions of section 2(2)(d) and 2(4)
The Rt Hon Alan Beith MP (until 4 February 2003[4])
Mrs Angela Browning MP
Lady Hermon MP (from 24 February 2003)
The Rt Hon Gerald Kaufman MP
Humfrey Malins CBE MP
Peter Viggers MP
1 On this day, the House established a Committee on
the Lord Chancellor's Department, which took over the functions
of the Home Affairs Committee in respect of scrutiny of that Department. Back
2
On this day, the Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government
and the Regions) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2626) came into force.
By virtue of Article 11 of the Order, this function was formally
transferred to the Lord Chancellor from that date. In practice,
the Lord Chancellor had assumed Ministerial responsibility for
electoral law in May 2002. Back
3
Also Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs. Back
4
On this date, Mr Beith became an ex officio member, as
Chairman of the Committee on the Lord Chancellor's Department. Back
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