1 Expulsion and suspension of members of the House of Lords

(1) Standing Orders of the House of Lords may make provision under which the
House of Lords may by resolution—

(a) expel a member of the House of Lords, or

(b) 5suspend a member of the House of Lords for the period specified in the
resolution.

(2) A person expelled by virtue of this section ceases to be a member.

(3) A person suspended by virtue of this section remains a member during the
period of suspension, but during that period the person—

(a) 10is not entitled to receive writs of summons to attend the House of
Lords, and

(b) despite any writ of summons previously issued to the person, is
disqualified from sitting or voting in the House of Lords or a committee
of the House of Lords.

(4) 15A resolution passed by virtue of subsection (1) must state that, in the opinion
of the House of Lords, the conduct giving rise to the resolution—

(a) occurred after the coming into force of this Act, or

(b) occurred before the coming into force of this Act and was not public
knowledge before that time.

2 Entitlement to receive writs of summons to attend House of Lords

In section 6 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 (interpretation), after
subsection (2)(c) insert—

“(d) section 1(3) of the House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension)
5Act 2015.”

3 Effect of ceasing to be a member

A person expelled in accordance with section 1 is to be treated as if that person
had ceased to be a member in accordance with the House of Lords Reform Act
2014, for the purposes of section 4(2) to (8) of that Act.

4 10Short title, commencement and extent

(1) This Act may be cited as the House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act
2014.

(2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of three months
beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

(3) 15This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.