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Rejected petition Remove vote of peers who have ever worked for, or received funds from, the EU.

Unelected members of the House of Lords have voted to ensure that they can veto the UK's exit from the EU in defiance of the democratic choice made on 23rd June 2016. This not only surrenders the UK to a foreign power, but has ended British democracy in any practical sense.

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Many of these unelected peers receive funding and pensions from the EU, and were required to take an oath of permanent allegiance.
This conflicts with the duty of allegiance owed by British nationals to Her Majesty The Queen and her elected government. With their first loyalty to the EU, they should not be empowered to vote on any matter concerning the UK or Brexit
We ask the government to ensure that all such potentially hostile votes be stricken from the records retrospectively.

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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

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You can find out more about the Code of Conduct of the House of Lords here:

https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-financial-interests/house-of-lords-commissioner-for-standards-/code-of-conduct-for-the-house-of-lords/guide-to-the-code-of-conduct/

In any case, the House of Commons disagreed with the Lords amendments to the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill. We are therefore not sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.

You can find out more about what happened here: http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2017/january/commons-european-union-notification-of-withdrawal-bill/

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