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owly

13 October 2007 - 4:45pm

Anthony, My understanding is that it has always been the case that a member of either the House of Commons or Lords must not 'knowingly' mislead the house, and if he or she makes a statement in the House which is factually incorrect he or she is obliged to amend what was said in the house. It is a matter of honour to do so. What a politican says in a newspaper or a television interview is neither here nor there, but what he or she says in the House must be the truth. Perhaps if the media were more interested in reporting the business of Parliament, and Ministers were more correct in making any anouncements in Parliament, politics in general would be far more healthy.