Donald Roy · @djr
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The first sanction applies to . The normal punishment for a non or former member is to be required to appear at the "bar of the house" (which, sad to say, is not a !) to purge one contempt. In the effect of a failure to do so the individual in question will be arrested by the and detained in a cell under the until they agree to purge their contempt. The sanction of detention has not needed to be used since the nineteenth century!

#contemptofparliament #hostelry #serjeantatarms #elisabethtower

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Donald Roy · @djr
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The second - which has also been mooted - would be to charge him with contempt of parliament. If charged he would be required to present himself at the bar of the house ( not one of the many bars serving alcoholic beverages within the ) and apologise humbly. If he refused to comply he would be arrested by the and confined within a cell below the (which houses Big Ben) until he agreed to.

#palaceofwestminster #serjeantatarms #elisabethtower

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