Can sir richard branson sit in the house of lords?

Question

Can sir richard branson sit in the house of lords?

Answer 1

No.He is not a peer.

Answer 2

Is he Lord Branson? If not, then no - the clue is in the question

Answer 3

No.  The House of Lords for the present is populated by elected peers [not sure who exactly elects them] and some hereditary peers.  Sir Richard Branson is not a peer and cannot therefore sit in the House of Lords.

You can find out more about the House of Lords at these links : -

House of Lords

In the 15th century the House of Lords was the Upper House and the House of

Commons the Lower House. Membership of the House of Lords was made up of the ...

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Plo... - Cached

Parliament Live TV » home

Live webcasts of proceedings from the UK Parliament comprising video feeds from

The House of Commons, The House of Lords, Westminster Hall and an audio feed ...

http://www.parliamentlive.tv/

UK Parliament - House of Lords

Bank of England, House of Lords Appointments Commission, duty-free allowance and

geography in schools Read the queries and responses in Hansard ...

http://www.parliament.uk/about_lords/abo... - Cached

UK Parliament - Parliament Home Page

What's On in the Lords Future business in the House of Lords ... Current appeals

and recent judgments from the Law Lords within the House of Lords ...

http://www.parliament.uk/ - Cached

House of Lords - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords". The Parliament comprises the ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lo...

Note that the House of Lords is only called the Upper House for purely historic reasons.  The highest court in the land is the House of Commons - this is where the laws are made and where the people's representatives [Members of Parliament] debate the issues which conern the people.

A lot of people, including myself, would like to abolish the house of lords and put in it's place an all elected chamber but with a new name.  Lords is too old fashioned and not in keeping with Cool Britannia etc.

Answer 4

No.   He is a knight.   This means he has the title of "Sir".   So do Baronets by the way.   Neither us a Lord.

Baron's, Viscounts, Earls, Marquesses and Dukes are Lords and so can sit in the House but only if a) they were created to the title (excluding almost all the Viscounts, Earls, Marquesses and Dukes and most of the barons),  b) they are hereditary lords (of any of the ranks listed above) and were elected by other hereditary lords, c) if they are the Earl Marshal or the Lord Great Chamberlain who, apart from the monarch are the only remaining Hereditary members of the house of Lords or are d) senior bishops of the Church of England.

Answer 5

He isn't a Lord, so no.

Answer 6

No because he has a beard, and that is never allowed in the house of lords

Answer 7

They wouldn't let him have the lottery from Camelot.

I don't think the ruling classes have let him in yet.

They are still paying them selves big fat cheques from the lotto.

Answer 8

Well,first he'd have to be an HEREDITARY peer,and just not a knight(he's only a knight).Then,he'd have to win appointment from the other Lords;a position on the House is an elected position now.

From http://www.lordsappointments.gov.uk

"In May 2000 a historic change was made to the way in which non–party–political members of the House of Lords are appointed. The Appointments Commission was given the key role of recommending to Her Majesty The Queen the names of individuals we think should be appointed on merit.

We ask the public to self–nominate or to nominate others they think should be appointed to the House of Lords and the Commission assesses all the nominations against the published criteria.

Eight new non-party-political appointments, recommended by the Commission, were announced in 2007 (six on 15 February and two on 18 October).  They joined the seven announced on  3 May 2006 and those in 2005 ( two on 22 March and five on 22 July).  Seven were previously  announced on 1 May 2004 and the first fifteen appointees were  announced in April 2001.

This website also sets out information about:

the Appointments Commission, including the Commission’s role, membership, code of practice and register of interests;

  

the nomination process. You can read the updated information pack [114KB DOC] in its entirety or go straight to the introductory letter, the nominations process, the criteria the Commission will use in assessing nominations and the  nomination form [44KB DOC].

Please use the website feedback form to give us your comments on the work we do. And, of course, may I encourage you to think about nominating someone – it might be yourself - who you think meets our criteria?

Dennis Stevenson

Chairman of the Appointments Commission "

Answer 9

No, for he is not a peer of the realm.

And he is a beardy ex-hippie.

Answer 10

No, Sir Richard Branson cannot sit in the House of Lords.

best of luck to you!

Answer 11

Isnt he a sir not a lord?

Answer 12

No

-SS (:-Smiling Star-:)

Answer 13

Not unless he is created a peer. he's a knight, although many Lords have a Knighthood they have also been created life peers (with the title Lord). Lords must be British or Irish citizens, no other Commonwealth countries are eligible (like they are for other honours).

Answer 14

let me know when he does. I'll be in the sitting.

Answer 15

if he wants

Answer 16

He can sit anywhere he likes

He has money

He has fame

He has recognition from the british monarchy

BUT

He will always be an entrprenuerial upstart yoa wouldn;t wanna p**son if he was on fire

Notice how he lives on necca island not here

One rule for THEM on rule for ME

A role model for all ex commy country gangsters ereywhere me thinks

RICHARD BRANSON

d**k BRANSON

yeah

I'd rather put my d**k in a jar of branson than condone this guys shallow narrow unsustainable brand of bubble gum trabsient politics !

Answer 17

no because he is not a lord but he will be shortly