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<p>I have consulted the Chair of the Conduct Committee in preparing this answer.</p><p>The
four lay members of the Conduct Committee were appointed following an open and rigorous
recruitment process. In common with other senior, lay member or non-executive positions,
the House engaged a recruitment consultancy to conduct a search and initial sift of
candidates. A total of 322 candidates were identified through this process. Of these,
12 were invited to interview by a panel consisting of two members of the Conduct Committee
(Lord Mance, Chair, and Baroness Anelay of St Johns), the then Clerk of the Journals
and two external members (Sheila Drew Smith and Emily Jackson), with the four top-ranked
candidates accepting the offer of appointment. Lay members are remunerated at the
rate of £600 per eight hour day.</p>
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