11 JUNE 1988, Page 27

House of Lords

LORD Donoghue is following Lord Tenby out of Kleinwort Benson, Lord Limerick has become non-executive — what is hap- pening to the lordly house of Kleinwort? Michael Hawkes, the former chairman, when politely but mistakenly addressed as Lord Hawkes, replied that he sometimes thought he was the only commoner in the place. Is it now time to declare the corpo- rate finance department a conservation area, and place a preservation order on Lord Rockley? A Tory government with proper priorities would put matters right this weekend in the honours list.