Life Peerages Act 1958 figures, for example the former Secretary of State for India and earlier for Air, Viscount Stansgate. The last Prime Minister and the last non-royal to be created an Earl was paradoxically one of the 1958 Act's proponents, Harold Macmillan, on Margaret Thatcher's advice, in the 1980s. Since her time, only members of the Royal Family have been granted new hereditary peerages. In 1999, during the debate which secured the removal of the constitutional functions of most hereditary peers, the Minister for Constitutional Affairs, Geoff Hoon stated: After this agreed with a question from fellow Labour MP, Mark Fisher which stated:
Prime minister functions and powers of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, and also details the process of his/her appointment and dismissal. France's constitution (1958) lists the powers, functions and duties of the Prime Minister of France. Germany's Basic Law (1949) lists the powers, functions and duties of the federal chancellor. Greece's constitution (1975) lists the powers, functions and duties of the Prime Minister of Greece. Hungary's constitution (2012) lists the powers, functions and duties of the Prime Minister of Hungary. India's constitution (1950) lists the powers, functions and duties of the Prime Minister of India. In India, the Prime Ministerial