Ask the Government not to invoke article 50 of the Lisbon treaty.

Closed 27,151 signatures

What the petition asks

Parliament is sovereign and, if Brexit wins, the Government will not be legally obliged to invoke the Lisbon treaty to start an EU exit. The vote represents less than 75% of the population and already the leave propaganda has been proving untrue.

Government response · 11 August 2016

The British people have voted to leave the European Union and their will must be respected and delivered.

The British people have voted to leave the European Union and their will must be respected and delivered. Article 50 explicitly recognises that a Member State may decide to withdraw “in accordance with its own constitutional requirements”. It is for the Member State concerned to determine what those constitutional requirements are.

Department for Exiting the European Union

Debate in Parliament

MPs debated this petition on 17 October 2016.

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Timeline

30 Jun 2016	Petition opened for signatures
3 Jul 2016	Passed 10,000 signatures, requiring a government response
11 Aug 2016	Government responded
17 Oct 2016	Debated in Parliament
30 Dec 2016	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 27,151

Status Closed

Opened 30 Jun 2016

Closed 30 Dec 2016

Response 11 Aug 2016

Debated 17 Oct 2016

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