Rejected petition Change protocol to allow an MP to call another a liar in the House if it is true

Rejected on 29 July 2021

Require the Speaker to desist from taking punitive action against an MP who accuses another of being a liar unless clearly done as mere abuse

The convention of using only euphemisms, terminological inexactitude etc, when reasonably describing another MP a liar, brings Parliament into disrepute/makes it into a laughing stock

Why was this petition rejected?

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/593112

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