This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition We demand that Scotland maintains access to the Single Market.
The Scottish Secretary for State is on record as saying that staying in the European Single Market would be the best possible outcome for Scotland's economy. The people of Scotland are sovereign and demand that our economy is not placed in a position that is to it's detriment.
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The Conservative Party was elected on a 2015 manifesto that clearly stated they were committed to staying within the European Single Market (p72). As Scotland only elected 1 Conservative MP (who subsequently became the only Scottish MP to vote for triggering Article 50, on the basis of leaving the EU and the European single market), along with the fact that Holyrood rejected the triggering of Article 50, we declare that the UK government has no mandate to remove Scotland's access to the European Single Market.
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