Why is Suralan being made a Lord?

On the Andrew Marr show and Sky, Sir Alan Sugar has stated that he's not going to be a working peer, and that he doesn't know whether he will be voting with the Government. He clearly doesn't have a clue of what is being expected of him.

It was basically spin, and I thought Sir Alan would have been more astute. He keeps saying that people who know him would know that he wouldn't be used by anyone. That's exactly what's happened.

Out of his depth.

Squiffy.