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Petition · past parliament

Ask the UK Parliament not to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

It is now obvious that the UK voting to be out of Europe in the recent referendum is bringing and will only bring, further turmoil to the UK, Europe and the world. For Britain to begin withdrawing from the 28-nation bloc, the government would need to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
According to Peter Catterall of the University of Westminster speaking with Business Insider, that no legal provision was included in the EU referendum legislation that requires the UK Parliament to act in accordance with the outcome of the referendum and is therefor not legally binding. Instead, it is merely advisory, and, could be totally ignored by UK government.

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 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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