The House this evening agreed to suspend two peers, Lords Truscott and Taylor of Blackburn. After a very good debate, the House agreed, without a vote, to accept the first report of the Privileges Committee (thus agreeing that we had the power to suspend members) as well as the second (with its findings in respect of…
The Committee for Privileges has published its reports. It has concluded that the House does have the power to suspend members for a period not longer than the remainder of a Parliament and in a separate report recommends that Lords Truscott and Taylor of Blackburn be suspended until the end of the current session of Parliament. …
