On 29 January 2010, McFall announced his intention to stand down as an MP at the 2010 general election [REF].
On 17 June 2010, he was created a life peer as Baron McFall of Alcluith, of Dumbarton in the County of Dunbartonshire,[REF] and was introduced in the House of Peers on 6 July 2010 [REF].