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MP's new clause on reform Bill backed by 77 MPs
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice is making a further attempt to force the Conservative vice-chairman Lord Ashcroft to reveal the terms of the undertaking he gave 10 years ago as a condition of being elevated to the peerage on the recommendation of the then party leader, William Hague.
On Tuesday, the Commons will return to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill at Report Stage. The MP has tabled a new clause, backed by 77 MPs, which would lay a duty on the House of Lords Appointments Commission to satisfy itself that people who got peerage after undertaking to do something – such as become a UK taxpayer – actually delivered on their promise.
Lord Laidlaw, a former Conservative vice-chairman, and Lord Ashcroft both gave undertakings relating to their peerages.
The MP also wants the House of Lords Appointments Commission to scrutinise any conditions attached to the award of peerages to current members of the Lords by its predecessor body, the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee.
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