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Life Peers

Asked by Alex BurghartConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 9 March 2026UIN 115872

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling announced life peerages to be withdrawn before Letters Patent.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

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

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