Petition Stop the use of unfounded statistics in debates in the House of Commons.

The use of unfounded statistics can have a huge sway on the general population, and hence a massive effect on policy making. A clause should be introduced into the Code of Conduct for MPs to stop this from happening and negatively affecting the decisions made in parliament.

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See https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/110444 for the original rejected petition. (Due to a lack of specificity).

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

21 signatures

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Date closed 29 April 2016
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