HC Deb 18 July 1978 vol 954 cc133-4W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Lord President of the Council whether he will introduce legislation to seek to debar Members of the House of Lords who hold offices of profit under the Crown from holding outside private connections on the same basis as Members of the House of Commons generally and Ministers in particular.

Mr. Foot

No such legislation is proposed. Ministers who are Members of the House of Lords are subject to the same rules with regard to their private financial interests as Ministers who are Members of this House.