Peers who fiddle expenses 'should be stripped of their allowances' Lord Hill told the Evening Standard: "There are some things that we as a House can do to tighten up on financial sanctions that we can take. It would be possible to see whether you could stop someone who has brought the house into disrepute from having their allowances. A peer can claim the £300 daily allowance by simply turning up to Parliament and being noted as having attended. Peers living outside London can also claim travel expenses. At present, peers who break the code of conduct can be suspended for the remainder of Parliament and be required to make an apology. Under Lord Hill's proposals, the House of Lords will have extra powers to stop allowance payments entirely. Lord Hill is also backing a private members bill which will see peers who are jailed for more than a year expelled from the House of Lords. The scandal has affected peers from all parties. Lord Hanningfield, a Tory peer who was jailed in 2011 for fiddling his expenses, has also returned to the House of Lords. He has claimed more than £20,000 in taxpayer-funded allowances since serving his jail sentence for submitting false expenses. He told the East Anglian Daily Times that he is deliberately "keeping a low profile" and answering "a lot of letters and emails." "You don't get scored by how many times you speak or ask questions," the former Conservative leader of Essex County Council said.