Summary The appointment of the IPSA
40.The IPSA will consist of five members: a chair and four ordinary members. The members will be appointed by the Queen on an address of the House of Commons. A motion for an address may only be made with the agreement of the Speaker, for a candidate selected on merit on the basis of fair and open competition and approved by a Speaker’s Committee. Members will be removable only in response to an address of both Houses. There are requirements that one member of the IPSA should have accountancy experience, that one member should have experience as an MP, and that one member should have held (but no longer hold) high judicial office.