Petition · past parliament

UK to accept free movement of people

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

The UK needs to accept the free movement of people in order to have access to the 'single market'.

This is necessary to keep established businesses in the UK which require access to the 'single market' in order to keep there operation within the EU.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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