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Originally Posted by martyh

apparently only the queen can do that ,so i ask myself ,why doesn't she

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and another thing ,how come Commons members get sent to jail (well some do ) but peers of the realm don't ?

I think that's all down to the interpretation by the Lords authorities and, in particular, official guidance offered after the event.

....it has emerged that there was no definition of 'main address' in any of the guidance to peers - meaning they were free to nominate any property they like.

Then, in guidance produced only last month, the Clerk of the Parliament Michael Pownall, a senior Lords official suggested that visiting a property once a month was enough to qualify. The move was agreed by the House Committee chaired by Speaker Baroness Hayman.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1257391/Absurd-rules-allow-expenses-fiddling-peers-dodge-justice.html#ixzz1dhk1ZRKj

Apparently, Keir Starmer (Director of Public Prosecutions)

could barely disguise his frustration as he explained that the rule change meant he could not authorise charges against Lady Uddin. He said the guidance would inevitably have been seized on by defence lawyers.