Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Pass a Section 30 Order enabling a referendum on Scottish independence NOW.

The Scottish Government was elected with an explicit mandate for an independence referendum if Scotland was to be taken out of the EU against the wishes of Scotland's people. It has the votes in the Scottish Parliament to support this. The UK Government must not stand in its way in any fashion.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/168781

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