MPs in charge of party discipline aren't equipped to handle misconduct allegations, one senior figure tells the BBC.
The BBC has spoken to multiple senior MPs and former MPs, who have served as whips for different parties.
"Although they are the appointment of the minister, they are centrally employed, and come under the HR umbrella of the rest of the civil service. "You can help people through difficult periods in their life - but the whips' offices are not equipped and don't have the expertise to deal with complaints of this nature."
"The whips shouldn't be enacting sanctions as part of the complaints process. It may be considered prudent by a political party to withdraw the whip pending an investigation." This MP said that, while they still wanted a say in who their staff were, "I do think there's a benefit in more HR support for MPs - I'm not an HR expert."
The exclusion would apply to the parliamentary estate in Westminster and any parliamentary-funded travel.The Commission has proposed that if the parliamentary authorities were presented with credible allegations of a sexual or violent offence by the police at any point in the criminal justice process, a staff panel would assess the claims.
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