Member

Established in 2000 as part of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s major constitutional reforms, HOLAC has recommended a total of 76 individuals for appointment to your Lordships’ House since then and is highly selective in so doing. The noble Baroness, Lady Deech, has noted that just over 1% of those who apply to HOLAC have become Members during those 25 years. However, it is concerning that HOLAC is drying up as a route to entry to this House; 57 Members were appointed between 2000 and 2010, but only 19 since then over nearly 15 years, with only six since 2018, or one per year. Despite having a non-partisan, highly qualified appointments commission about which we are all very proud, we are simply not making use of HOLAC as we should.