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Petition · past parliament

Trigger Article 50 of The Lisbon Treaty immediately.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

To enable the UK to act as soon as possible on the Leave result in the EU referendum and make the process of the UK's withdrawal from the EU as smooth, swift and efficient as possible for both parties.

Why it was rejected

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

Invoke Article 50 of The Lisbon Treaty immediately.

Timeline

25 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
1 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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