§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Prime Minister if the Secretary of State will require the House of Lords Appointments Commission to publish in its Annual Report statistics relating to the participation of people's peers in votes, questions and debates. [138515]
§ The Prime MinisterNo.
§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Prime Minister how many and what proportion of the local and national organisations contracted by the House of Lords Appointments Commission to help identify suitable nominees for a people's peerage responded to the request by furnishing names; and if he will make a statement. [138658]
§ The Prime MinisterThe House of Lords Appointments Commission did not collate this information.
§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Prime Minister how many applicants for a people's peerage since April 2001 were self-nominated. [138662]
§ The Prime MinisterThe Appointments Commission does not distinguish between nominations and self-nominations and, therefore, does not keep figures on the number of self-nominations received. All nominations are considered against the same criteria, regardless of whether they are nominated or self-nominated, and all nominees complete the same nomination form.