Written questions

Counsellors of State Act 2022

Lords · Question HL11567 · 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 Counsellors of State Act 2022.

Answer

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

The Counsellors of State Act 2022 added two additional Members of the Royal Family to the list of those eligible to act as Counsellors of State in order to provide greater resilience in this aspect of our constitutional arrangements. In practice, reflecti...