With a jig I hook them from under the V of the throat and the hook exits between the nostrils. On a plain hook I hook them behind the eyeballs, making sure not to puncture their eyes.

When slip corking I pretty much always use a #2 Aberdeen hook & a #5 split-shot sinker.

If we're literally talking "lip hooked" (ie: hooked thru the minnow's "lips") ... my experiences tell me that a "bream" will knock that minnow off the hook with only the slightest of pecks. They're bad enough about pecking one to death, when hooked otherwise, if they can't/don't get it off the hook in the first place.