tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post2320334675174751257..comments2024-02-02T10:29:34.789+00:00Comments on A Conservative's blog: Cash for Peerages, The Guardian writesBenedict Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382732288664789210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-77711501026851683722007-03-09T01:35:00.000+00:002007-03-09T01:35:00.000+00:00Anonymous, I am not sure you are right. It seems t...Anonymous, I am not sure you are right. It seems to me that it is within the power of the Queen, (on whose power the Prime minister acts) to grant a peerage to anyone for any reason. <BR/><BR/>The 1925 act made it illegal for that reason to be a barter, but went no further.<BR/><BR/>Had common law existed that could already have achieved what the 1925 act achieved I suspect it would have been used.Benedict Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382732288664789210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30194186.post-13267077059279317472007-03-08T22:18:00.000+00:002007-03-08T22:18:00.000+00:00Giving a peerage because someone has given you mon...<I>Giving a peerage because someone has given you money is not the same as agreeing to give a peerage if someone gives you money. There would need to be proof of soliciting money in return for an honour, or soliciting an honour in return for money.</I><BR/>That's a good point as far as the 1925 Act is concerned. But giving someone a peerage because they had given you money would certainly be the common law crime of misconduct in public office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com