The MPs on the Business Select Committee want Lord Mandelson to be able to address the House of Commons. The last peer to do so was the Duke of Wellington. That was so he could receive the thanks of the people's representatives for steering us through the Napoleonic crisis.
One possible response from the Government is that since Gordon Brown was not elected Prime Minister there seems no logical reason why the Business Secretary should be elected either.
Another is that we wait until the country is on an economic par with Rwanda, Mandy spins it as an incredible success for the government and appears, blushing and modest, to receive the thanks of Parliament.
Yes, I think that should do it.
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