“No future prime minister will publish a resignation list of honours after the “public outcry” over David Cameron’s controversial choices, Theresa May’s ethical standards adviser has said.
Lord Bew, who chairs the Committee on Standards in Public Life, told the Sunday Telegraph that the idea of prime ministers handing out honours to friends when they leave office is “over”.
He also appeared hit out at some people who enter the House of Lords but fail to contribute, insisting that a peerage must be a “job” and not an “honour”.
The criticism comes as Mrs May attempts to draw a line under the row by insisting she wants a more accountable honours system than the one pursued under her predecessor. … “
East Devon Watch 
Well, unless this is enshrined in law, it will presumably be only advisory – in which case there will be nothing to stop a future PM from doing it anyway.
And if it is so disreputable, what is the reason that the current set cannot be stopped?
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