This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Remove the ban on calling out provable lies in Parliament.
Introduce some semblance of accountability on the statements made in parliament by allowing MPs to accuse members of making provably false statements.
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Because the system is broken. MPs get into more trouble for trying to call out lies than the people who are actually misleading the British public.
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