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Petition · past parliament

Debate the detrimental effects of invoking Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Members of Parliament must take note of the referendum result but are not legally bound to abide by it. A majority of MPs in the House wish to remain in Europe so to vote for the invoking of Article 50 would be going against their beliefs.

Why it was rejected

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

We think the following petition is similar to yours:
Let Parliament decide whether or not we remain a member of the European Union

Timeline

27 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
3 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 Jul 2016

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