Lord Foulkes of Cumnock – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock on 2015-02-12.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what due diligence is carried out and by whom before ministerial appointments are made.

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

As was the case under previous administrations, ministerial appointments are a matter for the Prime Minister, in line with the Ministerial Code.

For those individuals upon whom the Prime Minister wishes to confer a life peerage, the independent House of Lords Appointments Commission vets nominations. For those individuals upon whom the Prime Minister wishes to confer a peerage in order that they might sit in the House of Lords to take up a ministerial role, the Commission consults the main regulatory authorities, including HMRC, before giving advice.