Question follow-through · 85708
Honours: Forfeiture
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to help reduce the (a) number of steps required and (b) time taken to remove (i) honours and (ii) titles.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to help reduce the (a) number of steps required and (b) time taken to remove (i) honours and (ii) titles.
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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4 Nov 2025
Answer published
Peerages, styles, titles and honours are granted by the Sovereign. The Sovereign may change the entitlement to the titles and styles such as “Prince” and “Royal Highness” under the Royal Prerogative. An Act of Parliament is required to remove a peerage on...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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