HL Deb 05 May 1998 vol 589 cc59-60WA
Lord Braine of Wheatley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will place in the Library of the House the responses received by them to the Green Paper Who Decides? Making Decisions on Behalf of Mentally Incapacitated Adults. [HL1553]

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg)

Over 3,000 responses have been received to the Green Paper. In accordance with usual practice, however, a list of those individuals and organisations who responded will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses shortly. Because of the number and volume of these responses it would be impractical to place them in the Libraries of both Houses.

who suffer loss of income when devoting time to the business of the House of Lords. [HL1545]

The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Richard)

None.

Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether, in a reformed House of Lords lacking hereditary peers, they expect working peers below the retirement age to receive the same salary as Members of the House of Commons. [HL1546]

Lord Richard

The removal of the rights of hereditary peers to sit and vote in this House has no implications for the current arrangements for reimbursing working peers' expenses.