Parliament will debate petition: Make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence - 23rd October 2023
Parliament will debate petition: Make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence - 23rd October 2023
The Government should introduce legislation to make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence. This would mean that all MPs, including Ministers, would face a serious penalty for knowingly making false statements in the House of Commons, as is the case in a court of law.
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Lol. This ought to be interesting
No,it was a petition from 2021,it was debated, and the government response was that they have no intention of introducing legislation of this kind.
My understanding is that it was responded to, but not debated.
It was not debated in 2021. It will be debated in October 2023.
The govt response in 2021 was because it reached the lower threshold (10,000?) for a response. Now it's over the 100,000 required for a debate.
Thanks for the clarification
Well it's not a proposed bill and so they'll do some hand wringing and say some platitudes but nothing will come of it because the government has other priorities.