Change parliamentary procedure on lying to parliament.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Change parliamentary procedure so that lying to parliament is reason for an MP to be removed from the chamber, rather than the current situation where calling out such lies is reason to be removed from the chamber. MPs should be honourable, and lying is not honourable.

Obviously simply calling someone a liar with no evidence is not appropriate, but where there is clear evidence that someone (even the PM) has lied, it should be valid to call that out and present evidence, and reasonable that the MP accused of lying should be able to defend their position. But if they have lied, they should be removed, even if only for a period of time.

Why it was rejected

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

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Create new body to oversee and sanction MPs for dishonesty: Create new body to oversee and sanction MPs for dishonesty

Revoke rules against accusing MPs of deliberate falsehoods in House of Commons: Revoke rules against accusing MPs of deliberate falsehoods in House of Commons

Make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence: Make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence

Timeline

23 Jul 2021	Petition opened for signatures
29 Jul 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16

Status Rejected

Rejected 29 Jul 2021

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