Petition · past parliament

Make it a criminal offence to lie or mislead Parliament or the people.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Currently it is not an offence to lie or mislead in the House of Parliament. I think if this was a criminal offence the lies and misleading would stop

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

13 Nov 2015 Petition opened for signatures
26 Nov 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 26 Nov 2015

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.