§ Mr. WEDGWOODasked the Prime Minister whether the prospective addition to the numbers of the Upper House will consist chiefly of landlords; and whether he will give an opportunity to the House to discuss the Resolution standing in the name of the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme?
§ Mr. HAROLD SMITHBefore the right hon. Gentleman replies, may I ask, having regard to the hon. Gentleman's obvious anxiety not to be excluded from the list, whether the right hon. Gentleman will not recommend him for a peerage at once?
§ Mr. RAFFANMay I ask, Sir, whether an offensive remark of that kind with regard to an hon. Member is in order?
§ Mr. WEDGWOODOn the point of Order. Are we to have an answer?
§ Mr. RAFFANI put the point of Order seriously.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe Chancellor of the Exchequer is going to give an answer.
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe first part of the question appears to deal with a hypothetical situation. The answer to the second part is in the negative.
§ Mr. WEDGWOODMay I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as representing the Prime Minister, whether he will see that these appointments are not, as has been suggested in the Press, drawn entirely from the landlord class in order that we may have all points of view represented?
§ Mr. LANSBURYWill the right hon. Gentleman give the House any assurance that the Government will have any guarantees from the gentlemen to be made peers that they will vote straight?