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Petition · past parliament

Immediately enact article 50 and start the process of leaving the EU.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

The delay in initiating Article 50 is allowing those people who supported Remain to continue to believe that we may not actually leave the EU and talk down the prospects for the country which is causing damage to the UK economy and the international markets.

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

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