House of Lords Commissioner for Standards
The House of Lords Commissioners for Standards are officers of the United Kingdom House of Lords. The post was created in 2010 to be "responsible for the independent and impartial investigation of alleged breaches of the House of Lords Code of Conduct". Duties of the Commissioners include investigating potential misuse of expenses and parliamentary facilities.[1] Members' opinions, or the way they express themselves, do not fall within the scope of the code.[2]
The current Commissioners are Martin Jelley QPM and Akbar Khan.[3]
Commissioners
- Paul Kernaghan CBE QPM was appointed in 2010 as the first Commissioner. Mr Kernaghan previously had a police career culminating in a nine-year period as Chief Constable of Hampshire until 2008, followed by service as Head of Mission for the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories.
- Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, a former president of The Law Society,[3] was appointed for five years from 1 June 2016.
References
- "Lords Commissioner". parliament website. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- "Houses of Lords standards commissioner dismisses complaint against Lord Kilclooney". The Irish News. December 2017.
- "UK Parliament: House of Lords appoints new Commissioners for Standards". Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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