Rejected petition Change parliamentary procedure on lying to parliament.

Change parliamentary procedure so that lying to parliament is reason for an MP to be removed from the chamber, rather than the current situation where calling out such lies is reason to be removed from the chamber. MPs should be honourable, and lying is not honourable.

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Obviously simply calling someone a liar with no evidence is not appropriate, but where there is clear evidence that someone (even the PM) has lied, it should be valid to call that out and present evidence, and reasonable that the MP accused of lying should be able to defend their position. But if they have lied, they should be removed, even if only for a period of time.

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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Create new body to oversee and sanction MPs for dishonesty: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/575036

Revoke rules against accusing MPs of deliberate falsehoods in House of Commons: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/593112

Make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/576886

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Date submitted 23 July 2021
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