asked the Prime Minister if he will now introduce legislation to repeal the Life Peerages Act, 1958.

No, Sir.

Does not my right hon. Friend think that this party has gone on long enough? Does he think that we are within miles of achieving the objectives when the Act was introduced, and, if he thinks that we are, how can he possibly justify the appointment in the last list but one of so many political "dead-beats" and election rejects?

I do not think that it is either the practice or constitutional to discuss in the House individual recommendations to Her Majesty. I should have thought that recent lists have abundantly justified the Act and have shown that it can be used, with some degree of imagination, with usefulness to both Houses.