Rejected petition Debate: The constitutional validity of the European Communities Act 1972

More details

I request that Parliament investigate the lawful status of The European Communities Act 1972, which by its signing surrendered a proportion of British Parliamentary Sovereignty to a power existing external to the borders of Great Britain (The EEC now the EU).

It was passed by Parliament and signed by Mr Edward Heath MP as Prime Minister, he did so without the prior approval of the British people by means of a General election or Referendum specifically on the question of EEC membership by Great Britain which was and continues to be in contravention of the British Constitution and constitutes an unlawful action.

I therefore call on Parliament to repeal the European Constitution Act 1972 and all subsequent treaties that followed as a result of Mr Heath’s unconstitutional action.

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 16 December 2011
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.