Committee
Liaison Committee (Lords)
Select committee
Lords
What it does
The Liaison Committee advises the House on the resources required for select committee work and allocate resources between select committees; reviews the select committee work of the House; considers requests for Special Inquiry Committees and reports to the House with recommendations to ensure effective co-ordination between the two Houses and to consider the availability of members to serve on committees
Members
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The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
Non-affiliated
Chair
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The Baroness Alexander of Cleveden FRSE
Labour
Member
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The Baroness Fookes DBE
Conservative
Member
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The Baroness Gill CBE
Labour
Member
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The Earl of Kinnoull
Crossbench
Member
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The Lord Collins of Highbury
Labour
Member
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The Lord Smith of Hindhead CBE
Conservative
Member
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The Lord Storey CBE
Liberal Democrat
Member
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The Rt Hon. the Baroness Garden of Frognal
Liberal Democrat
Member
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The Rt Hon. the Earl Howe GBE
Conservative
Member
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The Rt Hon. the Lord Laming CBE DL
Crossbench
Member
Recent outputs
- Report 1st Report - Review of House of Lords committee activity in 2025/26 30 Jun 2026
- Formal Minutes Formal Minutes for House of Lords Liaison Committee 1st Meeting 26-27 17 June 2026 25 Jun 2026
- Correspondence Letter from Lord Gardiner of Kimble to Lord Johnson of Lainston, Chair of the International Agreements Committee, regarding the International Agreements Committee’s sifting criteria, 4 March 2026 9 Apr 2026
- Correspondence Letter from Lord Johnson of Lainston, Chair of the International Agreements Committee, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble regarding the International Agreements Committee’s sifting criteria, 27 February 2026 9 Apr 2026
- Correspondence Letter from Lord Gardiner of Kimble to Georgia Gould OBE MP, Minister of State (Minister for School Standards), Department for Education, on the Education for 11–16 Year Olds Committee, 1 April 2026 1 Apr 2026
- Correspondence Letter from Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair of the House of Commons Liaison Committee to Lord Gardiner of Kimble in relation to the implementation of public inquiry recommendations, 24 October 2025 2 Dec 2025
- Correspondence Letter from Lord Gardiner of Kimble to Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair of the House of Commons Liaison Committee in relation to the implementation of public inquiry recommendations, 22 July 2025 2 Dec 2025
- Minutes and decisions 12 November 2025 - Decisions document 2 Dec 2025
- Report 5th Report - New committee activity in 2026 26 Nov 2025
- Minutes and decisions 11 September 2025 - Decisions document 21 Nov 2025
- Agendas and papers Corrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - post-legislative scrutiny of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 21 Nov 2025
- Agendas and papers Corrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - Numeracy for life 21 Nov 2025
- Agendas and papers Corrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - National resilience 21 Nov 2025
- Agendas and papers Corrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - Lifelong Learning: Removing barriers and realising benefits of higher education in later life 21 Nov 2025
- Agendas and papers Corrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - Freelancing and Self-employment: Rights and Responsibilities in a Modern Economy 21 Nov 2025
- Agendas and papers Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - Childhood vaccination rates 21 Nov 2025
- Agendas and papers Corrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - AI and Society 21 Nov 2025
- Correspondence Letter from Lord Gardiner of Kimble to the Leaders of the two Houses in relation to pre-legislative scrutiny in this parliamentary session, dated 23 October 2025 21 Nov 2025
- Correspondence Letter from the Leaders of the two Houses to Lord Gardiner of Kimble and Dame Meg Hillier MP in relation to pre-legislative scrutiny in this parliamentary session, dated 22 July 2025 21 Nov 2025
- Minutes and decisions 7 July 2025 - Decisions document 18 Nov 2025
- Minutes and decisions 25 March 2025 - Decisions document 18 Nov 2025
- Correspondence Letter from Mary Creagh CBE MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, on the Select Committee on Land Use in England 18 Nov 2025
- Correspondence Letter from Baroness Twycross, Minister for Gambling and Heritage, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, on the Select Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry 18 Nov 2025
- Correspondence Letter from Lord Hanson of Flint, Minister of State at the Home Office, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, on the Select Committee on the Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee 18 Nov 2025
- Correspondence Letter from Janey Daby MP, Minister for Children and Families, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, on the Select Committee on the Children and Families Act 2014 18 Nov 2025
- Agendas and papers 12 November 2025 - Agenda 18 Nov 2025
- Agendas and papers 11 September 2025 - Agenda 7 Oct 2025
- Declarations of interest Declarations of interests for Special Inquiry Committee proposals 2026 17 Sep 2025
- Agendas and papers Special Inquiry Committee proposals 2026 17 Sep 2025
- Agendas and papers 7 July 2025 - Agenda 30 Jun 2025
Source: the official committee page.