Automatic expulsion for misleading &/or contempt of parliament

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Recently, our PM Boris Johnson, stood up in parliament & spoke of reducing child poverty. Independent bodies have shown this to be false, with no evidence to support it. Misleading & false statements in the house undermine our democracy, yet those who do so, go unpunished & continue to do so.

Bring into legislation, that knowingly misleading parliament be held as contempt & immediate suspension, with an investigation to follow, with the ultimate price for those guilty being expulsion from parliament and it's workings (this may also include advisors & aides)

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Introduce meaningful punishments for being found in contempt of Parliament

Timeline

3 Aug 2020	Petition opened for signatures
9 Oct 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 Oct 2020

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