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Lord Taylor of Warwick and Lord Hanningfield, say the reformers, highlights the need for rules to disqualify themselves members

two Conservative colleagues jailed for abusing his parliamentary expenses will be free to return to the House of Lords in the spring, prompting criticism from reformers.

Lord Taylor of Warwick and Lord Hanningfield were published in September after serving a quarter of its terms. House of Lords and the privileges of the Ethics Committee recommended that Taylor should be suspended from the House until next May to April Hanningfield.

Lord Oakeshott, the Liberal Democrat peer who has campaigned for reform of the second chamber, said: "This farce of a new emphasis on the need to be able to permanently disqualify persons who are convicted of a crime. The proposed reform of the Lords said the boy convicted criminal should be disqualified as members. would be unthinkable to have a partner in order to vote in laws while serving a prison sentence. "

Hanningfield, 70, was sentenced to nine months in July, after falsely claiming £ 13.379 in parliamentary expenses for the night in London where he was not in the capital, including an occasion in which he was on board a flight to India.
's investigation found that the Commissioner wrongly claimed £ 30,254.50. So far it has paid £ 1,800, but he said the ethics committee that he intended to pay the full amount and would not return home until he has.