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Petition · past parliament

Any trade deal involving the NHS must go to public referendum before committing

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

This is not about staying in or out of the European Union, this is a referendum purely to ensure all National Insurance payers have the right to agree what happens to their Health Service before any trade deal that potentially changes the structure of our service is made and accepted.
This follows on from the interview with the Ambassador for the USA saying that a trade deal would likely have our NHS on the table and would the United Kingdom want to change to an Insurance Based system like the USA as an example or keep the NHS as it is.

Why it was rejected

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

Submit the terms of any future trade deal with the United States to a referendum

Timeline

4 Jun 2019 Petition opened for signatures
2 Jul 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 2 Jul 2019

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