Ministers (Hansard, 19 December 1991)

§ Mr. Allen

To ask the Prime Minister (1) if he will bring forward legislation to provide that Secretaries of State must be members of the Cabinet;

(2) if he will bring forward legislation to amend the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 to allow the Lord Chancellor to be a Member of the House of Commons;

(3) if he will bring forward legislation to abolish the post of Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chancellor's Department, and to establish in their place a Secretary of State for Law and a Department of Law;

(4) if he will bring forward legislation to replace the title of Secretary of State by the title of Cabinet Minister;

(5) if he will bring forward legislation to provide that the Attorney-General must be a member of either the Commons or the Lords.