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Titles Deprivation Act 1917

Lords · Question HL11566 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Viscount Stansgate

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to amend the Titles Deprivation Act 1917.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, 17 Nov 2025

The Titles Deprivation Act 1917 authorised enemies of the United Kingdom to be deprived of their peerages during the First World War. The Government has no plans to amend the Titles Deprivation Act 1917.