Prime Ministers: Honours
Lords · Question HL14354 · Tabled 5 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relationship between a Prime Minister's length of tenure and their right to nominate honours upon retirement or resignation.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, 16 Apr 2026
By long-standing convention, all Prime Ministers, regardless of length of tenure, are entitled to nominate individuals for honours as part of both dissolution and resignation honours lists.