This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Debate the detrimental effects of invoking Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon.
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Members of Parliament must take note of the referendum result but are not legally bound to abide by it. A majority of MPs in the House wish to remain in Europe so to vote for the invoking of Article 50 would be going against their beliefs.
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