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Royal Family

Lords · Question HL11259 · Tabled 23 Oct 2025 · The Senior Deputy Speaker · Official record

Answered 5 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether he will arrange for the Procedure and Privileges Committee to consider the case for reviewing the restrictions on scrutiny of the Sovereign and Royal Family by this House.

Answer

Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble, 5 Nov 2025

It is a longstanding convention of the House that questions that cast reflections on the Sovereign or the Royal Family are generally regarded as inadmissible. The Procedure and Privileges Committee currently has no plans to look at this matter.