Members
Following the Dissolution of Parliament on 12 April, all select committees have ceased to exist unless or until the House reappoints them following the election on 6 May. The membership of the Merits Committee in the previous Parliament was as follows:
Lord Rosser (Chairman)
Baroness Butler-Sloss
Baroness Deech
Lord Hart of Chilton
Lord James of Blackheath
Lord Lucas
Lord Methuen *
Baroness Morris of Yardley *
Lord Norton of Louth *
Lord Scott of Foscote *
Baroness Thomas of Winchester
*New Member for the 2009-10 session
Register of Lords' Interests
Committee members are required to register any relevant financial and non-financial interests that might reasonably be thought to influence their actions.