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House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Bill [HL]

My Lords, I should like to say a few words from a selfish point of view. The last time we had three expulsions, all three, unfortunately, were Asian. The amount of backlash one received was enormous. People said, “What have you done? You have done nothing; these people have done this and

that, and you do nothing to them”. They were working for some company and would not be there any more. This approach is long overdue and I am really grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, in bringing it forward. It is hard to say, “Look, there are people in this House who do not follow the rules they should follow”. They are not honourable and should not be in this House.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
757 c2094 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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