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Petition · past parliament

Investigate whether MPs for the Leave Campaign knowingly misled the public

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Leave Campaigners have misled the voters with grey facts and figures without actually providing assurances the would act on their pledges....this means they have knowingly misled the public

Why it was rejected

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

Public inquiry into misleading claims and pledges made during the EU referendum.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Jul 2016

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