MPs call for Harvey Weinstein to be STRIPPED of his CBE after rape and sex assault convictions

• Members of Parliament have called for Harvey Weinstein’s CBE to be revoked 
• He was made an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2004
• Honours can be forfeited when a person brings the system into disrepute

Harvey Weinstein faces being stripped of his CBE by the Queen.

He was made an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2004 for services to the film industry. 

But MPs from all parties last night demanded that, in light of his conviction, it be revoked.

Dawn Butler, Labour’s equalities spokesman, said: ‘Weinstein should have been stripped of his honours a long time ago, but now he’s been found guilty there’s no excuse.’

Harvey Weinstein after he received his CBE at an investiture ceremony at the residence of the British Consul General in New York City, November 2004

Tory former minister George Freeman said: ‘Let us take this moment to send a clear message that this sort of behaviour will not be condoned or tolerated any more in this country.’

Honours can be forfeited when a person is considered to have brought the system into disrepute. 

Criteria can include the holder being jailed for three months or more, or being struck off by a professional body.

Weinstein pictured entering a Manhattan court as a jurors deliberated in his trial on Monday

A recommendation is made by the Honours and Appointments Secretariat to the Forfeiture Committee – made up of senior civil servants. 

The final decision must be approved by the Queen.

Weinstein has already been kicked out of industry bodies including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which runs the Oscars, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, which organises the Baftas.

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