APPOINTMENT OF PEOPLE'S PEERS (No. 2)

Early day motion 610, tabled 26 April 2001 by Gordon Prentice (Labour). Signed by 47 members.

That this House is dismayed that the list of people's peers published on 26th April contains for example no lollipop or dinner ladies, no shop assistants or factory workers or bus drivers; questions the point of the four regional roadshows organised by the House of Lords Appointments Commission designed to encourage applications from a wide range of people when, contrary to the Government's stated objective, those appointed will not make the Lords more representative of the UK as a whole; considers, in the light of this, the term people's peer to be a misnomer; believes the Commission's procedures are not open or transparent; and urges the Government to review the entire policy of appointing people's peers.

Signatures by party: Labour 41, Liberal Democrat 3, Labour/Co-operative 2, Unknown 1.