Rejected petition Make it a criminal offence to lie or mislead Parliament or the people.

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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Date submitted 13 November 2015
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