House of Lords written statement – made at on 27 April 2006.
Baroness Amos
President of the Council, Privy Council Office, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords (Privy Council Office)
My Right Honourable Friend the Prime Minister has appointed Paul Williams and Michael Langley as members of the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB), initially for a three-year term. They will take up their post with immediate effect.
The other members of the SSRB are:
John Baker CBE (Chair)
Mark Baker CBE
Mary Galbraith
Professor David Greenaway
Mei Sim Lai OBE
Jim McKenna
Sir Peter North CBE QC
Richard Pearson
The house of Lords is the upper chamber of the Houses of Parliament. It is filled with Lords (I.E. Lords, Dukes, Baron/esses, Earls, Marquis/esses, Viscounts, Count/esses, etc.) The Lords consider proposals from the EU or from the commons. They can then reject a bill, accept it, or make amendments. If a bill is rejected, the commons can send it back to the lords for re-discussion. The Lords cannot stop a bill for longer than one parliamentary session. If a bill is accepted, it is forwarded to the Queen, who will then sign it and make it law. If a bill is amended, the amended bill is sent back to the House of Commons for discussion.
The Lords are not elected; they are appointed. Lords can take a "whip", that is to say, they can choose a party to represent. Currently, most Peers are Conservative.
When speaking in the House of Commons, an MP will refer to another MP of the same party who is a member of the Privy Council as "my Right Honourable Friend"
A barrister appointed to senior rank by the Lord Chancellor. When the monarch is a king the term is King’s Counsel (KC). A QC wears a silk gown and takes precedence over a junior member of the Bar. The title QC always precedes the title of MP, for example Michael Howard QC MP
