HL Deb 29 July 1986 vol 479 c823WA
Lord Brockway

asked the Leader of the House:

Whether consideration should be given to the proposal that a decision whether tributes be paid to a deceased Peer should be made by the usual channels.

The Lord President of the Council (Viscount Whitelaw)

It is already the practice for the usual channels to consider whether or not tributes be paid to a deceased Peer. The House has, over the years, found that it is in the interests of good order that tributes be arranged in this manner. But it is of course open to any member of the House to propose, through the usual channels, that tribute be paid in any particular case.