Submitted on Monday 19th September 2011
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Strip convicted peers of their titles
If an MP receives a prison sentence longer than a certain period, they are disqualified from being an MP. If a peer receives a similar sentence, there is no provision to remove their peerage and they are free to return to the Lords and influence legislation. I note from the Naseem Hamed case that people who receive lower awards such as OBEs and MBEs can be stripped of it if they commit an offence; it is therefore equitable that this should also apply to peers with relevant criminal records and the Government is asked to pass legislation to enable this.
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