In the United Kingdom, the “Representation of the People Act” provides that the commitment of acts of corruption can imply either ineligibility or, ex post, the loss of the mandate for members of the House of Commons. Apart from the so-called “disqualification” concerning public office holders and employees of nationalised industries, the clergies of all churches, except for the Church of Wales and the non-conformist churches are also “disqualified” from taking up a parliamentary mandate. The same also applies in Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.