Rejected petition Investigate the cabinet for contempt of parliament.

There are rules about deliberately misleading parliament and parliamentary committees and they should be strongly applied, those found in breach of these rules should be expelled and considered for criminal prosecution of the offence of misconduct in public office.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

We can’t accept petitions calling for an inquiry into whether an MP has misled the House of Commons. That’s because neither the House of Commons nor the Government is responsible for deciding that an inquiry that an inquiry of that kind should happen.

The Government and Parliament are also not responsible for deciding whether someone should be prosecuted for a crime.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 30 October 2015
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