Rejected petition: Referendum: leave the ECHR under Article 58
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Hold a referendum: leave the ECHR under Article 58 and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. If Yes, send the leaving notice within 3 months and introduce that Bill the same year.
This petition asks for a simple Yes/No referendum:
Leave the ECHR using Article 58.
Replace it with a British Bill of Rights.
If Yes wins, the Government must send the leaving notice within 3 months and put the Bill of Rights before Parliament the same year.
This does not change rescue at sea. It decides who has the last word on removals: voters and Parliament, or Strasbourg.
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.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/779881
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