§ Mr. LEES-SMITHasked the Prime Minister whether any steps have been taken or are proposed to carry out the proposal contained in paragraph 31 of the Report of the Royal Commission on Honours, of 1922, with regard to those who act as touts for the sale of honours?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, Sir. The Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act of 1925 gives effect to this recommendation.
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHasked the Prime Minister who constitute the Committee of the Privy Council to whom the names of proposed recipients for honours on account of political services are submitted before the Prime Minister recommends them to His Majesty?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe following members of the Privy Council constitute, for the period of the duration of office of the present Government, the Committee in question: The Viscount Novar, K.T., G.C.M.G. (Chairman); the Lord Merrivale, and Colonel the Rt. Hon. William Graham Nicholson, M.P.