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Petition · past parliament

We the undersigned petition HM Gov. to initiate Article 50 immediately.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

We are concerned that a future Conservative or Labour Government may listen to calls for a 2nd referendum and we urge the Prime Minister to uphold the will of the majority of British people by immediately initiating Article 50.
Article 50 is the clause in EU treaty that can only be triggered by a country wishing to leave the EU. Once triggered it will start the process of an organised withdrawal from the European Union with a deadline of 2 years to ratify the withdrawal.

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 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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