Rejected petition Approve a Referendum or Bill on UK membership of the European Single Market.

In June 2016, through an Act of Parliament, the electorate was instructed to vote in a referendum on the UK's relationship with the EU, through either membership or non-membership. A vote for non-membership does not imply a government prerogative power to relinquish membership to the Single Market

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The UK government is deciding the key outcomes of non-membership of the EU based upon unqualified assumptions about the electorate's decision. The UK government is assuming a mandate which has not been endorsed by the electorate, that is, a decision on membership of the European Single Market. Does neither Parliament nor the UK electorate now have a say on the further relationship with the EU? The referendum result implies further democratic decisions on membership of the European Single Market.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/149966

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Date submitted 3 October 2016
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