Petition · past parliament

Give Parliament a meaningful vote on any future Syrian Airstrikes.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

On April 13th, the Prime Minister, without the consent of Parliament or the people, conducted airstrikes in Syria with US and French forces. After 2003, a precedent was set that Parliament had the right to a vote over foreign intervention. In 2013, David Cameron was defeated over Syrian Airstrikes.
The Organisation for Chemical Weapons Proliferation has not given its verdict or opinion over the alleged use of Chemical Weapons in Syria. The Prime Minister should have recalled Parliament, something she can do easily, presented her evidence and given Parliament the deciding vote. Instead, she subverted democracy and now she MUST promise to have Parliament vote on any future intervention, or legislation must be brought to take away her ability to order such Airstrikes without approval.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

14 Apr 2018 Petition opened for signatures
18 Apr 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Apr 2018

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