JCB chief Bamford and Brian Paddick among 30 new peers 1 August 2013 Last updated at 11:18 A list of 30 people who are to be given peerages and become members of the House of Lords has been published. Businessman and Conservative donor Sir Anthony Bamford is to be a Tory peer as are commentator Danny Finkelstein and former Welsh AM Nick Bourne. Entrepreneur James Palumbo and former police officer Brian Paddick will take the Liberal Democrat whip. Jenny Jones is to become the sole Green Party representative in the House of Lords. Nominations for peerages are put forward by each of the Westminster party leaders and are "vetted" by the House of Lords appointments commission. Doreen Lawrence, the mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, is among Labour nominations for peerages. There are currently 755 active members of the House of Lords. Of current peers, 216 take the Labour whip, 208 represent the Conservatives while 89 are Liberal Democrats. There are 183 crossbenchers who are not aligned with any party. Of the remainder, 13 represent other parties and 21 are "non affiliated" while 25 Bishops of the Church of England continue to sit in the Upper House. Critics have claimed the House of Lords has become too large and peers should be allowed to retire without losing their peerages. More than 40 peers are currently on a "leave of absence" and are not attending Parliament due to illness or other commitments while approximately 10 are disqualified because they are members of the judiciary or elected representatives elsewhere. Government plans to elect the majority of peers by 2025 were abandoned last year in the face of opposition from many Tory MPs. Speaking on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said he would like the current system of appointments to be scrapped but, in the meantime, he would "discharge his right" to nominate people who supported the Lib Dems and shared its values.