Andrew Gwynne – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Leader of the House

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-01-25.

To ask the Leader of the House, what the order of precedence is for induction to the Privy Council.

Chris Grayling

By custom and convention, the Order of precedence for the induction of new members of the Privy Council is that those wishing to take an Oath are appointed first, followed by those wishing to make affirmation. Other than this distinction, the Order of induction is alphabetical. Privy Counsellor appointments are published after each Privy Council meeting and are available at http://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/privy-council/privy-council-meetings/.