Traditional Dress

HC Deb 19 November 1997 vol 301 cc226-7W

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what plans the Lord Chancellor has to dispense with his traditional dress on what timescale; and if he will make a statement. [15758]

Mr. Hoon

The Lord Chancellor is keen to modernise his traditional dress on ordinary workings days. This is, however, a matter for committees of the House of Lords to decide.