Brexit: Petition to Revoke Article 50 Notification Debate
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno
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Brexit: Petition to Revoke Article 50 Notification
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Lord Callanan
No doubt my noble friend is an avid follower of social media and will therefore have seen some doubt being cast on some of the signatories, but I do not doubt that the vast majority were indeed British citizens.
Lord Roberts of Llandudno (LD)
Does the Minister realise that there is more than one online petition? The one to revoke has brought in nearly 6 million signatures, but the one to leave has brought in 570,000 signatures. Should we not now respond to the recent will of the people?
Lord Callanan
As I said earlier in response to the noble Baroness, Lady Quin, in this country we do not have government by online poll; we have government by the ballot box and by this Parliament, and that is what we will be following.