Risk-based Exclusion

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 6:55 pm ar 13 Mai 2024.

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Photo of Chris Bryant Chris Bryant Shadow Minister (Creative Industries and Digital) 6:55, 13 Mai 2024

Notwithstanding the right hon. Gentleman’s previous remark, I mostly agree with what he says. There is a problem here. When the Standards Committee reported on this, we made the point that exclusion is the very last thing that should be considered. In most cases, a Member in this kind of situation would choose to accept the decision voluntarily. However, we also said that if a Member chose not to, the House should vote on whether the Member should be excluded. Would the right hon. Gentleman be happy with that process?