Petition · past parliament

Investigate the false claims & lies distributed during the referendum campaigns

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

A full Parliamentary investigation is needed looking into all the false information provided to the public during the EU campaign, why it was allowed to be distributed, why it wasn't stopped, what affect it had on the referendum outcome and the resulting legality of the result
People have voted on the referendum based on false information provided by both campaigns and the media and this needs to be investigated

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

24 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
12 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Jul 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.