Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai should be invited to address both Houses of Parliament, a Labour peer has said.

Lord Young of Norwood Green said the 17-year-old was a good role model for British women tempted to become "jihadist brides" and should be invited to follow in the footsteps of the likes of American President Barack Obama.

The education campaigner received the Nobel Prize today at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway, joining the ranks of laureates including Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King and Aung San Suu Kyi.

Lord Young said at question time in the Lords: "The best way we can recognise her astounding achievement as a young woman with a very wise head on young shoulders and a very courageous young woman, is to invite her to address both Houses of Parliament.

"There is a honourable precedent for this. We have had previous Nobel prize winners.

"She is a superb role model for young women and girls in this country in a position when unfortunately many young women are being enticed to sacrifice their lives in rather foolish missions to become jihadist brides."

Department for International Development (DfID) minister Baroness Northover said: "Malala is a truly remarkable young woman who had done much for girls' and boys' education globally and specifically within Pakistan.

"I heard Malala at the girls summit back in July and she was indeed superb and had a fantastic grasp of the importance of education for women and girls."

But she added: "I should point out she is actually in her GCSE year and we have to make sure she is not deflected too much, for her own future, from her own exams and own studying."

Tory peer Baroness Berridge said the "risk" that teachers took in areas such as Pakistan should be acknowledged.

"As DfID funds so much girls' education in Pakistan, could the Government consider creating some sort of scholarship for professional development or award in honour of this Nobel Peace Prize to honour those teachers?" she said.

Lady Northover said the Government was committing "significant resources" in Pakistan and the key thing was to continue to get girls into school and to get good teachers.

Admiral Lord West of Spithead, the former head of the Royal Navy, called for assurances that the teenager, who is based in Birmingham where she was treated after being shot by Taliban gunmen in Pakistan, was receiving British protection.

The Labour former security minister said: "I had the privilege to show Malala and her family around the Palace of Westminster and to talk with her about Pakistan and she is the most amazing young woman."

He asked Lady Northover: "Can I ask you, and you may not be able to say in detail what is happening, to confirm that we are making sure she is protected. She has been shot once, we know there are jihadists in this country and I would like to know that our nation is looking after this amazing woman."

Lady Northover said she could not go into detail but the UK was "protecting her".