HC Deb 16 March 2001 vol 364 c764W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the President of the Council how many(a) applicants for a people's peerage and (b) candidates invited for interview were formerly hereditary peers sitting in the House of Lords. [151661]

Mrs. Beckett

This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost and in breach of the Appointments Commission's undertakings to treat all personal information in individual applications in strict confidence.