Petitions/Perjury should be a victim-related crime not just an Offence against the State
StatusOngoing
Opened7 Jan 2026
Closes
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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To amend the entry at Column D row 550 of the HOSCR Notifiable Offences List to designate Perjury as defined by the Perjury Act 1911 section 1.1 as S/V not simply as 'S' rendering it either a 'state-based' crime without a victim or a 'victim-related' crime dependant upon the reported circumstances

Currently, we believe there is an anomaly in law where a victim of miscarriage of justice secured by false statement cannot have the offence of Perjury recorded as a 'victim-related' crime. By rejecting a complaint of Perjury as a victimless Offence against the State the police may avoid recording a crime which may reveal incompetence negligence or reasonable lines of enquiry that could have, and should have, been pursued in the original investigation leading to the miscarriage of justice he complains of.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Andy Burnham
1Andy Burnham MP
Makerfield
3
Ashley Dalton
2Ashley Dalton MP
West Lancashire
3
Laurence Turner
3Laurence Turner MP
Birmingham Northfield
1
Ruth Cadbury
4Ruth Cadbury MP
Brentford and Isleworth
1
Max Wilkinson
5Max Wilkinson MP
Cheltenham
1
Emma Foody
6Emma Foody MP
Cramlington and Killingworth
1
Baggy Shanker
7Baggy Shanker MP
Derby South
1
Danny Kruger
8Danny Kruger MP
East Wiltshire
1
John Milne
9John Milne MP
Horsham
1
Richard Quigley
10Richard Quigley MP
Isle of Wight West
1