It's against the rules of the House to use unparliamentary language. For example, they refer to each other as the honourable or right honourable member. It is unparliamentary language to call a member dishonourable, even if that member fiddles his or her expenses out of the taxpayer's purse. We would call that a dishonourable thing to do and say that the member was dishonourable. Another example, is that it is unparliamentary language to call a member a liar. Even if it can be shown, for example, that David Davis has misled Parliament with a Backbench Business Committee motion on prisoners votes. If someone deliberately misleads we call that person a liar.
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