Question follow-through · 119406
Ian Horobin
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2026, to Question 115872, on Peerages, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the removal of Sir Ian Horobin from the peerage in 1962.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2026, to Question 115872, on Peerages, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the removal of Sir Ian Horobin from the peerage in 1962.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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18 Mar 2026
Answer published
Sir Ian Horobin’s life peerage was announced on 29th March 1962 and he subsequently withdrew his acceptance voluntarily before Letters Patent were sealed and dated. His peerage was therefore never created nor subsequently removed. There is no established ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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