Question follow-through · 111148
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make representations to her French counterpart to recommend the forfeiture of Peter Mandelson’s decoration of the Legion of Honour.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make representations to her French counterpart to recommend the forfeiture of Peter Mandelson’s decoration of the Legion of Honour.
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Feb 2026
Answer published
That is a matter for the French authorities, as was the original decision to make the award.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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