“The Commission is advisory to the Prime Minister and is not involved in the appointment processes after providing advice. Eight nominees were not supported by the commission. In its statement, Holac said: “All nominations made by Mr Johnson were received and processed by Holac. It was also designed to reinforce Downing Street’s claim that the Prime Minister had not interfered to prevent Mr Sharma, Ms Dorries or Mr Adams receiving peerages. It was part of an attempt to show that Rishi Sunak had not lied to Mr Johnson when telling him that he would approve Mr Johnson’s list when they met earlier this month. On Saturday night, Number 10 declassified the seven-strong list of Mr Johnson’s proposed peers that was approved by Holac and subsequently announced on Friday. It led to Ms Dorries and Mr Adams following Mr Johnson and quitting, sparking by-elections in their constituencies. However, their nominations were rejected by Holac as its rules stated it will not approve peerages for MPs unless they undertake to stand down from the Commons and join the Lords within six months of an announcement. The moves aimed to counter fresh allegations by allies of Mr Johnson that Number 10 meddled with the nominations before they went to Holac, and that he and his nominee MPs had not been warned that they would be rejected.Īmong the MPs expecting nominations were Nadine Dorries, Nigel Adams and Alok Sharma, who all believed that they could accept and receive a peerage without standing down from the Commons. The body confirmed that it had blocked eight of the former prime minister’s nominations after Downing Street on Saturday took the highly unusual step of declassifying the seven-strong list of those that it had approved. Eight peerages nominated by Boris Johnson were rejected by the House of Lords Appointment Commission (Holac), it has emerged.
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