Rejected petition Lying In Parliament Should Be A Criminal Offence

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LYING TO PARLIAMENT SHOULD BE MADE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE
Under Parliamentary “convention” A member is not allowed to call another member a Liar. At the same time Ministers Lie to Parliament On A Regular Basis
Accordingly we the undersigned call for the scraping of the aforementioned convention and for Lying in the course of parliamentary proceedings to be made a criminal offence equivalent to perjury

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Date submitted 16 January 2014
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