sent to Sir Gulam at this time by Labour said that his £250,000 loan was not "reportable" under relevant legislation. On 3 October 2006, Sir Gulam was informed by a Labour official that the prime minister was nominating him for a peerage. On 4 October 2006, Sir Gulam received the nomination forms for joining the House of Lords. These asked him to list his contributions to Labour. Sir Gulam gave the papers to his accountant, who put down the £250,000 on the form along with just over £220,000 of straight donations he had made since 2000. On 5 October 2006 Lord Levy told Sir Gulam that he need not have included the £250,000 on the papers sent to the Lords Appointments Commission, because it was not a donation. Sir Gulam retrieved the papers and submitted a revised document that made no mention of the £250,000. In March 2006, the Lords Appointments Commission found out about the loan. Its chairman, Lord Stevenson, then wrote to the prime minister asking that Sir Gulam's nomination for a peerage be withdrawn. Labour Party loans On 20 March 2006 the Labour Party issued the full list of 12 lenders, together with the sums involved: Rod Aldridge – £1 million – former Executive Chairman of Capita Richard Caring – £2 million – owner of The Ivy, London Gordon Crawford – £500,000 – Chairman of London Bridge Software Sir Christopher Evans – £1 million – Founder of Merlin Biosciences Sir David Garrard – £2.3 million Nigel Morris – £1 million – co-Founder of Capital One and Director of The Economist Group Sir Gulam Noon – £250,000 – Chairman of Noon Products Ltd Chai Patel – £1.5 million Andrew Rosenfeld – £1 million – Chairman of Minerva plc David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville – £2 million – Government Minister Barry Townsley – £1 million – Chairman of Insinger Townsley Derek Tullett – £400,000 – Total: £13,950,000 One of the lenders, Lord Sainsbury of Turville was, until November 2006, a government minister. Initially Lord Sainsbury incorrectly announced that he had reported the loan to the Department of Trade and Industry's Permanent Secretary. He later apologised for unintentionally misleading the public by confusing disclosures about a donation of £2 m with the loan for the same amount which in fact he had not reported. He faces an investigation by Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, for