Writs of Summons to the House of Lords (Hansard, 13 February 2003)

HL Deb 13 February 2003 vol 644 c143WA 143WA

§ Lord Lester of Herne Hill
asked Her Majesty's Government:
What change has been made to the form of the Writ of Summons issued to Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal by the Crown Office (Forms and Proclamation Rules) (Amendment) Order 2002. [HL1565]

§ The Lord Chancellor
In June 2001 the noble Lord invited consideration of a minor amendment to the wording of certain Writs of Summons to the House of Lords, which then included a reference to Great Men but not to Great Women.
The Crown Office (Forms and Proclamation Rules) (Amendment) Order 2002 was promoted by my department to rectify the anomaly so that those Writs of Summons which refer to Great Men will now also refer to Great Women.