§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the President of the Council how many members of the public have contacted the Appointments Commission to give their views on its role and the criteria and the process used to select applicants for nomination for a peerage. [153807]
§ Mrs. BeckettI understand that 40 members of the public have responded to the Commission's invitation for views on the process and the criteria it has drawn up to guide its assessment of nominations.
§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the President of the Council how many applicants for a People's Peerage have their main home outside the United Kingdom. [153764]
§ Mrs. BeckettI understand that of the 3,200 applications for consideration by the Appointments Commission as non-political peers received by 17 November 2000, 17 have their main home outside the United Kingdom.