Editing Peerages in the United Kingdom (section)

===Confirmation process===

The [[government of the United Kingdom]] makes recommendations to the sovereign concerning who should be elevated to the peerage, after external vetting by the [[House of Lords Appointments Commission]] for those peers who will be sitting in the House of Lords (which is now by convention almost all new creations, with the exception of [[Royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom|royal peerages]]).

It is unclear in the present day whether the monarch would move to directly block a recommendation or a conventional ascension to the peerage, though they are constitutionally entitled to do so. It was reported in 2023 that members of the British security services had contacted Queen Elizabeth II to request she intervene and block the peerage of [[Evgeny Lebedev]] who had been nominated by then Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]]. Some media outlets have reported personal interventions with other honours: For example, former prime ministers are also by convention knighted, being raised to the [[Order of the Garter]] or the [[Order of the Thistle]]. However it was alleged in 2020 that due to a personal reluctance by Queen Elizabeth II to award the Garter to [[Tony Blair]] other living prime ministers would not be raised either. Tony Blair was later knighted by Queen Elizabeth II as a Knight Companion of the Garter in 2022.

Like all Crown honours, peerages are affirmed by [[letters patent]] affixed with the [[Great Seal of the Realm]]. In addition to letters patent, peers who are to sit in Parliament are issued a [[Writ of summons]]. The Writ of Summons calls the member to the House. A new writ is issued for every member at the beginning of each Parliament (after a general election). A writ accompanies the letters patent for new members. The honour will also be recorded in ''[[The London Gazette]]''.

Honours, including peerages, are usually awarded at [[New Year Honours|new year]] and on the [[Birthday Honours|monarch's official birthday]]. They can also be awarded as part of a [[Prime Minister's Resignation Honours|Prime Minister's resignation]], or upon the [[Crown Honours Lists#Dissolution Honours|dissolution of a Parliament]]. Monarchs may also make new peers upon their coronation, jubilee or upon the demise of the previous monarch. There are also ''ad hoc'' announcements and "Special Honours", issued at any time throughout the year at the pleasure of the monarch. This might be done to allow someone to serve in cabinet, or as an immediate reward for exemplary service.

Recipients of new peerages are typically announced via the [[Crown Honours Lists]]. Formerly, new peers were presented with an investiture ceremony, but this has not taken place since 1621 (investiture ceremonies for other honours are mostly managed by the [[Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood]]). New peers serving in parliament do receive an [[Introduction (House of Lords)|introduction ceremony]] at the House of Lords.

All peerages are recorded on the [[Roll of the Peerage]] maintained by the [[Crown Office in Chancery|Crown Office]] within the United Kingdom's [[Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Justice]], and published by the [[College of Arms]]. The Secretary of State for Justice in their role as Lord Chancellor is the keeper of the Peerage Roll, and their duties in that regard are daily discharged by a Registrar of the Peerage and a Deputy Registrar, who work within the Crown Office under the supervision of the [[Clerk of the Crown in Chancery]]. Succession claims to existing hereditary peerages are regulated by the House of Lords [[Committee for Privileges and Conduct]] and administered by the [[Crown Office in Chancery|Crown Office]].