Government Websites: Titles

Debate between Lord Wright of Richmond and Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen

Thursday 9th June 2016 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen]

I thank the noble Lord for that question. I do not think that it will cost anything. This is available at the moment; it is just that each department can choose what it wants to do. It is not up to the Minister for the Cabinet Office to tell departments how to design their websites. There is no specific field for this, but, as I said, you can already put it in the space for surnames; you can add your honorifics to that space.

[Lord Wright of Richmond (CB)]

Remembering from a past existence the occasional experience of addressing envelopes to Lord Mountbatten of Burma, should departments perhaps be advised to limit the number of awards that they give to each person?

[Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen]

I can certainly take that back to the department.