This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Make it a criminal offence to lie or mislead Parliament or the people.
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Currently it is not an offence to lie or mislead in the House of Parliament. I think if this was a criminal offence the lies and misleading would stop
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/112404
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