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Senedd committee warns against making lying in politics a criminal offence

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Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price put forward his party's motion in July last year .

He argued that trust in politicians had "fallen to an all-time low" The Welsh government committed to introduce legislation banning deliberately deceiving.

But the Senedd 's standards committee has concluded that lying on purpose should not be criminalised.

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