HC Deb 23 February 1999 vol 326 c234W
37. Mr. Canavan

To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement about the role of his Department in respect of Government proposals for the future of the House of Lords. [70858]

Mr. Hoon

The Lord Chancellor has had a prominent role in the formulation of the Government's proposals, as chairman of the Cabinet Committee on House of Lords Reform. I am helping to steer the House of Lords Bill in its passage through this House.

38. Mr. Mackinlay

To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on recent discussions which he has had with the Church of England bishops on proposals for a reformed House of Lords. [70859]

Mr. Hoon

Neither I nor the Lord Chancellor has had such discussions.

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