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Make MP’s voting for Internal market bill responsible for any resulting fines

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

I believe individuals should be responsible for their actions. If individual MP's want to pass this legislation they should expect to live with the consequences not the UK taxpayers. So I want individual MP's responsible to be held legally responsible for any resulting fines issued by the ECJ
Given that the government have already admitted that this act breaks the law, It is blatantly obvious that it is criminally negligent to proceed to go ahead and do it. I believe the ONLY reason MP's will proceed and take this course of action anyway is because they know that some other mug (the UK taxpayer) will fund their bill.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. Penalties and liabilities are a matter for the courts, and not the UK Government or Parliament itself.

Timeline

10 Sep 2020 Petition opened for signatures
6 Oct 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Oct 2020

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