§ Lord Northbrookasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the appointment of Baroness Morgan of Huyton as a Minister provides an example of the "discretionary right for the Prime Minister to appoint a small number of people … directly as Ministers in the Lords", referred to in paragraph 66 of the White Paper The House of Lords: Completing the Reform (Cm 5291), and which it is proposed the Prime Minister should retain. [HL1535]