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Petition · past parliament

Make a criminal offence -member of parliament or Lords to lie or mislead public

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Stop members of parliament or lords from telling untruths while in office or elected which includes misleading public in anyway.

Why it was rejected

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

Make it a criminal offence for politicians to lie to the public.

Timeline

1 Feb 2017 Petition opened for signatures
8 Feb 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 8 Feb 2017

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