§ Lord Mancroftasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the House of Lords Appointments Commission will decide the overall number of Cross-Bench Peers in the House of Lords. [HL797]
§ Baroness Jay of PaddingtonNo. We set out in our White PaperModernising Parliament Reforming the House of Lords (Cm 4183) that the Prime Minister would continue to be responsible for deciding how many nominations to invite from the Appointments Commission. We also made it clear that we would maintain a significant independent Cross-Bench element in the transitional House.