Peers: Public Appointments

(asked on 11th February 2026) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the creation of a peerage can be stopped following the (a) announcement of the King signifying his intention to confer a peerage and (b) issuing of a Letters Patent under the Great Seal.


Answered by
Nick Thomas-Symonds Portrait
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
This question was answered on 25th February 2026

There is no established precedent for withdrawing a peerage nomination after it has been announced.

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