Honours Forfeiture Committee

Honours Forfeiture Committee
TypeUK Cabinet Office sub-committee
Legal statusad hoc
Chair
Head of the Home Civil Service

The Honours Forfeiture Committee is an ad hoc committee convened under the United Kingdom Cabinet Office, which considers cases referred to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom where an individual's actions subsequent to their being awarded a British honour raises the question of whether they should be allowed to continue to be a holder. Recommendations are made to the Monarch of the United Kingdom, who has the sole authority to rescind an honour.

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