Written question asked by Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Brabazon of Tara (Non-affiliated) on Monday, 7 March 2011.

All-Party Groups and Interparliamentary Organisations

Question: To ask the Chairman of Committees whether, in considering the proposed changes in the governance of the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch, account was taken of the impact on the Lords’ input into decision-making, such as budget allocation and staffing, for those groups.

Answer: In developing proposals for a bicameral International Relations Directorate (IRD), the question of the Lords’ input into decision-making has been fully taken into account. Lords membership of the committees of the BG IPU and CPA UK will continue in the same Lords to Commons ratio (30:70) as now; Lords membership of the proposed committee of Members of both Houses will be in the ratio of the total funding of IRD (27:73); and the Reading Clerk, as Clerk of the Lords Overseas Office, will be a member of the IRD senior management team. Staff of the groups will transfer under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) into the House of Commons service, where they will be part of the Department of Chamber and Committee Services.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 7323; 725 c365-6WA
Session: 2010-12
Subjects: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Finance House of Lords Inter-Parliamentary Union Membership Staff Peers
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk