Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925

(asked on 5th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform or update the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925.


Answered by
Lord True Portrait
Lord True
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
This question was answered on 19th January 2021

The Government currently has no plans to review the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925. It is against the law to sell an honour or a peerage under the Act. Anyone who has evidence that an organisation or individual is claiming to be selling honours should be reported to the police.

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