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Whetting the appetite for a power to expel or suspend errant peers

Last month The Sunday Times accused four peers of breaching, or being prepared to breach, the code of conduct by paid advocacy in Parliament. A House of Lords sub-committee is considering the allegations. There is a strong feeling both within and outside Parliament that if that sub-committee finds one or more of the peers guilty of improper conduct, and that verdict is upheld by the Committee on Privileges, the House of Lords must be able to impose penalties stronger than the naming and shaming of peers who are not fit for public office. So long as the House of Lords adopts a standing order expressly conferring a power to suspend or expel members, new legislation would not be required.

Full post as published by International and UK Law on February 25, 2009 (boomark / email).