House of Lords Commissioner for Standards

Since 2010 the United Kingdom House of Lords has had a post of House of Lords Commissioner for Standards.
There was originally a single commissioner who was "responsible for the independent and impartial investigation of alleged breaches of the House of Lords Code of Conduct". In 2021 the decision was made to appoint two commissioners: Akbar Khan and Martin Jelley. Khan left in 2024 to take up a post in the judiciary, apparently leaving Jelley as the sole commissioner pending Margaret Obi taking up her appointment in 2025. Jelley's term ends in 2026.
Duties of the commissioners include investigating potential misuse of expenses and parliamentary facilities. Members' opinions, or the way they express themselves, do not fall within the scope of the code.

Past commissioners

Paul Kernaghan was appointed in 2010 as the first commissioner. Kernaghan previously had a police career culminating in a nine-year period as Chief Constable of Hampshire until 2008, followed by service as Head of Mission for the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories.
Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, a former president of The Law Society, was appointed for five years from 1 June 2016.
Akbar Khan was appointed with Martin Jelley in 2021, but stepped down in 2024.