A legislator-for-life, Barbara Scott, is one of the two leading candidates to chair the board of the BBC state broadcaster. Ms. Young was appointed as a legislator-for-life in 1997 and is a member of the Labour Party group in the unelected second chamber of the legislature.
The other leading contender for the post is Michael Grade who has worked both for the BBC and for Channel 4. Although Mr. Grade is a mere Commander of the British Empire, one of his uncles was also a legislator-for-life.