Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925

Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act, 1925^[1]
Dates
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for the prevention of abuses in connection with the Grant of Honours.
Citation	15 & 16 Geo. 5 c. 72
Introduced by	The Marquess of Salisbury
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Royal Assent	7 August 1925
Commencement	7 August 1925
Other legislation
Relates to	Prevention of Corruption Act 1906, Bribery Act 2010
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database

The Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that makes the sale of peerages or any other honours illegal. It was brought in after the Liberal Party government of David Lloyd George, (later 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor) was embroiled in a widespread and long-term sale of honours, for the personal financial gain of the Prime Minister, in a then-legal abuse of the Prime Minister's powers of patronage.

Only one person has ever been convicted under the Act —Maundy Gregory, Lloyd George's "honours broker", in 1933— whose same behaviour in 1918 was the main cause of the Act in the first place.

In March 2006, the Metropolitan Police confirmed that, following complaints by the Scottish National Party and others, they were investigating possible breaches of the Act. A total of £14 million in loans was given by wealthy individuals to Labour during the 2005 general election campaign and four of these men were subsequently nominated for Life Peerages. (see main article Cash for Honours)

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↑ Short title as conferred by s. 2 of the Act; the modern convention for the citation of short titles omits the comma after the word "Act"

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Text of the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database
BBC News article about the announcement of the investigation
Posting from the blog of BBC News political editor Nick Robinson about the Act and the possibility of prosecutions, 21 March 2006.
Parliamentary briefing document on the awarding of Honours, September 2004 (PDF document)

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Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925

United Kingdom legislation

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Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925

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