Decide not to trigger Article 50 prompting EU exit negotiations.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

The referendum is advisory not legally binding on parliament. The result of the EU referendum shows a narrow majority for Leave over Remain. Some voters have expressed regret about voting Leave, while 28% did not vote. Consequences of triggering Article 50 are likely to be devastating for the UK.

Once Article 50 is triggered, the UK will be on a fast track to exiting the EU, most likely without a deal being agreed for future UK-EU relations. This will put us outside of the trading and free movement area. This will result in a long recession which will mean prolonged austerity and destruction of UK public services. UK citizens risk losing their right to live, work and study in the EU without restriction, while EU citizens in the UK suffer prolonged uncertainty over their future.

Why it was rejected

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

Ask the Government not to invoke article 50 of the Lisbon treaty.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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