Sir Alan to take up his Lords seat

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The new Lord Sugar will don ermine in the traditional ceremony a day before Parliament breaks up for its summer recess.

Sugar was awarded his peerage by Prime Minister Gordon Brown when he named him as the Government's enterprise tsar last month.

He will advise the PM, but will not become a minister.

Sir Alan stepped down from all of his company directorships at the start of this month, in order to avoid any conflicts of interest in his new role.

The 62-year-old multi-millionaire has also been dropped from advertisements to promote apprenticeships and premium bonds because of Cabinet Office guidelines that prevent political figures from taking part in Government advertising.

His appointment sparked a row over the next series of The Apprentice, which is expected to coincide with the general election spring next year.

Conservatives said he should no longer be allowed to present his high-profile BBC One show as a signed-up Government adviser, but the Corporation insisted his new role would not "compromise the BBC's impartiality".

Further controversy was caused when a female former employee revealed she was suing the tycoon and his son for sexual discrimination.