Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 18 June 1964.
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
, Kinross and West Perthshire
12:00,
18 June 1964
I consulted the precedents which I thought were most respectable. While it is true that under the Labour Government they did not make many political baronets, I have looked up the last four honours lists under the Labour Government and 75 per cent. of the peerages were for political services.