Submitted on Thursday 12th November 2020
Rejected on Thursday 19th November 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Code of Conduct for Members should cover comments made on social media.
Code of Conduct for Members of the House of Lords does not currently extend to comments made on social media. Powers should be granted to the Commissioner for Standards to censure Members using social media platforms to display racist behaviour.
On the 9th November 2020, Lord Kilclooney made overtly racist comments in his tweet about the US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Complaints made to the Commissioner for Standards were not investigated because the comments 'do not include a parliamentary dimension' and are therefore outside of the Commissioner's power. The petitioners want the Code of Conduct extended to prevent Members being able to use social media platforms for racist behaviour, bringing national shame and embarrassment.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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