The next step up would be for someone - presumably either the #lordpresident #pennymordaunt or the #PrimeMinister #RishiSunak - to recommend to the #king that he be removed from the #privycouncil . I had assumed that this had happened only in the cases of former #cabinetmnisters jailed for criminal offences - such as #jonathanaitken and #chrishuhne I have since found out that this also happened to #johnprofumo sixty years ago after he had admitted lying to the #HouseofCommons .

The other two possible sanctions would require action by the #UKGovernment rather than the #houseofcommons authorities. One would be to remove him from the #privycouncil. This has happened in the cases of former #cabinetmnisters convicted of serious criminal offices - most recently #jonathanaitken and #chrishuhne. Presumably the #lordpresident would have to recommend this to the #King. Although conceivable this seems unlikely to me.