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Commit Tony Blair to the Elizabeth Tower for contempt of Parliament.

Submitted on Monday 11th July 2016

Rejected on Thursday 18th August 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Commit Tony Blair to the Elizabeth Tower for contempt of Parliament.

Petition Details

Conservative MP David Davis intends to present a motion on Thursday accusing the former PM of contempt of Parliament.
In the event that Parliament votes in favour of this motion, it has the power to commit Blair to the clock tower under Big Ben.
We, the undersigned, call on them to use this power.

Additional Information

Peter Lyne (March 26, 1964). "Contempt Drama Grips Parliament". The Christian Science Monitor. p. 13.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We can’t accept petitions calling for an inquiry into whether an MP has committed a contempt of the House of Commons. That’s because neither the House of Commons nor the Government is responsible for deciding that an inquiry that an inquiry of that kind should happen.

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