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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (5966)	8/8/2010 11:13:35 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 48971

If his last name was Kellogg or Raisinbran, he would be a cereal climate liar. = Lord Monckton, 3rd Viscount of Brenchley, King of Fantasyland (?) From: House Of Lords Information Office <HOLINFO@parliament.uk> Date: April 8, 2010 4:47:24 AM MDT To: Barry Bickmore [Address Removed] Subject: RE: Lord Monckton of Brenchley - Parliament website feedback Thank you for your email. Christopher Monckton is not and has never been a Member of the House of Lords. There is no such thing as a “non-voting” or “honorary” member. Christopher Monkton’s father, the 2nd Viscount Monckton, was a Member of the Lords until 1999. The House of Lords Act 1999 ended the automatic link between the holding of a hereditary peerage and membership of the House of Lords, and the 2nd Lord Monckton ceased to be a member of the House at that point. Christopher Monckton is the 3rd Viscount Monckton and inherited the title following his father’s death in 2006. He has never sat in the House. Since 1999 92 hereditary peers have remained as members of the House; these 92 hereditary peers were originally elected by the House in 1999, and any vacancy arising as a result of the death of one of the 92 is now filled by means of a by-election. All hereditary peers who are not members, including Lord Monckton, are entitled to stand as candidates in such by-elections. Since succeeding to his title in 2006 Lord Monckton has stood, unsuccessfully, in three by-elections. On your final question, so far as we are aware it is not in itself an offence to pretend to be a member of the House. The House of Lords has no jurisdiction over non-members, unless they are guilty of a “contempt”, that is to say an action which impedes or obstructs the House in the performance of its functions. There is thus no procedure whereby the House could “censure” Lord Monckton. home.comcast.net