This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Government must not have supremacy over Parliament.
Brexit is a test of parliament's supremacy over government.
The question revolves entirely on whether the referendum was advisory or binding: parliament voted for an advisory referendum whereas the government decreed that it would be binding.
Government is claiming sovereignty over parliament.
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Interpretation of the referendum result turns entirely on the question of whether the referendum was an advisory one, or if it should be taken as binding.
The arguments as to it being advisory are powerful: that was what parliament voted for, & the Supreme Court has clearly ruled it as so.
The only argument to the contrary is that the government said so.
In doing so, the government claims sovereignty & supremacy over parliament.
That claim cannot be upheld.
Parliament must consider the advice.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
The UK Parliament agreed to the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017, which gave the Prime Minister the power to notify, under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the United Kingdom’s intention to withdraw from the EU.
You can read the debates that happened in Parliament about this law here:
https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/europeanunionnotificationofwithdrawal.html
You might like to sign this petition instead:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/200952
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