Petition · past parliament

Hold an enquiry into Leave Campaign's claims to see if they were misleading.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

The Leave campaign made claims about the UK's contribution to the EU (shown to be wrong) and what should be done with the money instead. They also led a campaign of fear of immigration and retracted statements about what they would do. A misleading campaign could undermine the referendum result
Leave claimed £350 million per week was sent to the EU. This was shown to be inaccurate but they didn't change the information. They claimed that this money should be spent on the NHS. Since the vote, this statement has been retracted. They also claimed to take control of immigration yet since the vote have refused to do anything about immigration.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

30 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
15 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 15 Jul 2016

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