Ask the Government not to invoke article 50 of the Lisbon treaty.
- Parliament:
- 2015–17
- Signatures:
- 27,151
- Responded:
- 11 Aug 2016
The petition
Parliament is sovereign and, if Brexit wins, the Government will not be legally obliged to invoke the Lisbon treaty to start an EU exit. The vote represents less than 75% of the population and already the leave propaganda has been proving untrue.
The government's response
The British people have voted to leave the European Union and their will must be respected and delivered.
The British people have voted to leave the European Union and their will must be respected and delivered. Article 50 explicitly recognises that a Member State may decide to withdraw “in accordance with its own constitutional requirements”. It is for the Member State concerned to determine what those constitutional requirements are.
Department for Exiting the European Union
Highlighted: the sentence the model picked as the strongest evidence cited.
Debate
Debated in Parliament on 17 Oct 2016. This is shown for context and is not part of the assessment.
Of 12 MPs who spoke in their own right, 2 were for the petition, 8 neutral and 2 against. The government's response: declines.
- For
- Neutral
- Against
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