Petition · past parliament
Insist the PM corrects all records where he has misled the House of Commons.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
It is vital that the records of The House of Commons, as expressed in Hansard, are correct in every detail. Currently the Prime Minister has multiple outstanding corrections to address, and there is no evidence of him attempting to make corrections or expressing any willingness to do so.
The Ministerial Code states:
"it is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament, correcting any inadvertent error at the earliest opportunity. Ministers who knowingly mislead Parliament will be expected to offer their resignation to the Prime Minister."
The Prime Minister should be the epitome of correct Parliamentary behaviour, and the very last person to be seen to be above the law. Currently Mr Johnson falls far short of these standards.
"it is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament, correcting any inadvertent error at the earliest opportunity. Ministers who knowingly mislead Parliament will be expected to offer their resignation to the Prime Minister."
The Prime Minister should be the epitome of correct Parliamentary behaviour, and the very last person to be seen to be above the law. Currently Mr Johnson falls far short of these standards.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
It's already the case that misleading the House is required to be corrected, with intentional misleading a potential contempt. You can find out more here:
https://erskinemay.parliament.uk/section/5022/members-deliberately-misleading-the-house/
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/contempt-parliament
It's therefore not clear what it is you'd like the Government or House of Commons to do.
In any case, we can't accept petitions calling for action relating to named individuals, including Government Ministers.
You may like to sign these petitions which call for related actions:
'Create new body to oversee and sanction MPs for dishonesty': Create new body to oversee and sanction MPs for dishonesty
'Make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence': Make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence
'Require Ministers found breaching the Ministerial Code be dismissed': Require Ministers found breaching the Ministerial Code be dismissed
'Establish a Select Committee to scrutinise enforcement of the Ministerial Code': Establish a Select Committee to scrutinise enforcement of the Ministerial Code
https://erskinemay.parliament.uk/section/5022/members-deliberately-misleading-the-house/
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/contempt-parliament
It's therefore not clear what it is you'd like the Government or House of Commons to do.
In any case, we can't accept petitions calling for action relating to named individuals, including Government Ministers.
You may like to sign these petitions which call for related actions:
'Create new body to oversee and sanction MPs for dishonesty': Create new body to oversee and sanction MPs for dishonesty
'Make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence': Make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence
'Require Ministers found breaching the Ministerial Code be dismissed': Require Ministers found breaching the Ministerial Code be dismissed
'Establish a Select Committee to scrutinise enforcement of the Ministerial Code': Establish a Select Committee to scrutinise enforcement of the Ministerial Code
Timeline
| 22 Jul 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 27 Jul 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
27 Jul 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.