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Recall of MPs Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Soley (Labour) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 10 February 2015. It occurred during Debate on bills on Recall of MPs Bill.

My noble friend has been talking about MPs who have disgraced themselves. Clearly, that is the origin of the Bill but, as I pointed out, and others have pointed out, in a number of cases the danger is

that this Bill will be used where there is a political aspect to the case. We need only think of the Irish Members who in the past have been in conflict or, in the example I gave, if we look forward, of perhaps a Muslim MP going to fight in Syria—not for ISIL, but for one of the other groups—and yet being arrested and perhaps sent to prison. I think we should not fall into the trap of assuming that this will be used only against MPs who have clearly done wrong, because it has more dangerous implications.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
759 c1163 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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