HC Deb 26 June 1997 vol 296 cc587-8W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the President of the Council what powers she has to trigger the procedure for removing a person from membership of the Privy Council; and if she will make a statement. [5584]

Mrs. Ann Taylor

The enforced removal of a Privy Counsellor from membership of the Council, which has not occurred since 1921, would be a matter for The Sovereign, acting on the advice of Ministers.