HM government to allow Parliament a debate and vote on the UK's Brexit strategy

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

We the undersigned call upon HM government to ask Parliament to debate and vote on the strategy for Brexit before triggering the procedure for leaving the EU set out in Article 50 of the EU Treaty. The referendum was a democratic process and implementing its result must also be done democratically.

48% of voters in the referendum voted to stay in the EU and thus in the internal market. If just 5% of leave voters want to leave the EU but stay in the internal market, an overall majority wants to stay in the internal market. A majority of MPs want to stay in the EU and the internal market. The UK is a representative democracy and as the referendum did not address the Brexit negotiating position, it should be voted on democratically by our elected representatives not decided by government.

Why it was rejected

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

Let Parliament decide whether or not we remain a member of the European Union

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 30 Jun 2016

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