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 what evaluation has been conducted into the time devoted by Members of the House of Lords to all-party groups, the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch and other such groups.

Answer: While the House maintains statistics relating to the activity of the House and its committees, it does not maintain statistics on how individual Members of the House spend their time. The involvement of Members of the House in the activities of the BG IPU and CPA UK is of course well documented in the annual reports of those organisations, copies of which are available in the Library. The participation of Members of the House of Lords in delegations of those bodies is approximately 30 per cent, reflecting the level of funding contributed by the Lords.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 7324; 725 c366WA
Session: 2010-12
Subjects: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association House of Lords Inter-Parliamentary Union Membership Peers All-party Parliamentary groups
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk