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Life Peers: Vetting

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 28 May 2025UIN 53539

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department provides to the House of Lords Appointments Commission on the processes to follow when vetting peerages.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

The House of Lords Appointments Commission is an independent, advisory non-departmental public body. The Commission is responsible for vetting all nominations for life peerages for propriety and advises the Prime Minister on these matters.

Information about the Commission’s approach to vetting nominees for propriety is set out on its website.

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