HC Deb 12 March 2001 vol 364 c428W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the President of the Council how many persons are to be recommended to the Prime Minister for a people's peerage. [151863]

Mrs. Beckett

The Prime Minister has asked the Appointments Commission to submit 15 names of people to be recommended for non-political peerages. In the past, each honours list was accompanied by the publication of four or five names of new peers. The last such honours list was at the new year 2000.