Petition Make it a criminal offence for members of parliament to lie in parliament.

The powers have never been used and senior MPs are keen to consider whether prosecution might be a possibility in the future.

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Lying or misleading Parliament should become a criminal offence, say MPs as Government considers using powers last used 150 years ago
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2176841/Lying-misleading-Parliament-criminal-offence.html

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

4,856 signatures

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Date closed 26 May 2016
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