HC Deb 31 July 1998 vol 317 c602W
Mr. Mackinlay

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 23 July 1998,Official Report, column 626, if he will invite the Speaker to nominate persons for life peerages. [53203]

The Prime Minister

[holding answer 29 July 1998]: There is no obstacle to the Speaker proposing a candidate for a life peerage.