Commission statement on implementation of Cox III
Instead of allowing Members to judge the misdemeanours of their peers, the House voted to create an Independent Expert Panel (IEP) free of MP involvement to determine complaints of bullying or harassment against them.
- Instead of allowing Members to judge the misdemeanours of their peers, the House voted to create an Independent Expert Panel (IEP) free of MP involvement to determine complaints of bullying or harassment against them.
- Crucially, in cases where the IEP recommends the most extreme sanctions such as suspension or expulsion of an MP the House must approve that recommendation without debate.
- Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, chair of the House of Commons Commission, said: This decision marks a historic shift in the way we work but also means that all three of Dame Lauras main recommendations have now been implemented.
- Dame Lauras first recommendation to scrap the previous complaints systems was agreed almost immediately.