House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct

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The House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct is a parliamentary committee of the UK House of Lords responsible for determining questions relating to members’ privileges and investigating alleged breaches of the Lords’ Code of Conduct.


Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary committee
select committee of the House of Lords
appliesCodeOfConduct House of Lords Code of Conduct
areaOfResponsibility enforcement of rules on members’ interests
registration of members’ interests
rules on lobbying by members
rules on use of parliamentary resources by members
canRecommend expulsion of a member of the House of Lords
other sanctions under the House of Lords Code of Conduct
requirement for a member to apologise
suspension of a member of the House of Lords
compositionIncludes Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords
surface form: "Lords Spiritual"

Lords of Parliament
surface form: "Lords Temporal"

members of the House of Lords
country United Kingdom
decisionType reports with recommendations to the House of Lords
governs standards of behaviour of members of the House of Lords
hasFunction adjudication on appeals against findings of the Commissioner for Standards
consideration of issues of parliamentary privilege
interpretation of the House of Lords Code of Conduct
updating and reviewing the House of Lords Code of Conduct
hasJurisdiction members of the House of Lords
hasSubcommittee House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct
surface form: "House of Lords Sub-Committee on Lords’ Conduct"
language English
legalBasis Standing Orders of the House of Lords
meetsAt Palace of Westminster
oversees House of Lords Commissioner for Standards
partOf House of Lords
British Parliament
surface form: "Parliament of the United Kingdom"
publishes guidance on the House of Lords Code of Conduct
reports on individual conduct cases
relatedTo House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct
surface form: "House of Lords Committee for Privileges"

House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct
surface form: "House of Lords Conduct Committee"
reportsTo House of Lords
responsibleFor determining questions relating to members’ privileges
investigating alleged breaches of the House of Lords Code of Conduct
questions of parliamentary privilege in the House of Lords
recommending sanctions for breaches of the Code of Conduct
scope allegations of misconduct by members of the House of Lords
conduct of members in their parliamentary capacity
sector legislature
typeOfSanctionsConsidered denial of access to facilities
expulsion
reprimand
requirement to make a personal statement of apology
suspension
worksWith House of Lords Commissioner for Standards

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Court of Session (in peerage matters) distinctFrom House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct
House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct hasSubcommittee House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct
this entity surface form: "House of Lords Sub-Committee on Lords’ Conduct"
House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct relatedTo House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct
this entity surface form: "House of Lords Committee for Privileges"
House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct relatedTo House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct
this entity surface form: "House of Lords Conduct Committee"