Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 115872
Life Peers
Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026
Question
Alex Burghart
Conservative — Brentwood and Ongar
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for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling announced life peerages to be withdrawn before Letters Patent.
Answer
Nick Thomas-SymondsThere is no established precedent for withdrawing a peerage nomination after it has been announced.