Brexit: Petition to Revoke Article 50 Notification Debate
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Brexit: Petition to Revoke Article 50 Notification
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Lord Callanan
We have explored this issue many times in response to the noble Baroness. We respect the result of the referendum, which was the largest participatory democratic exercise ever carried out in this country, and we are committed to implementing that result.
Lord Tebbit (Con)
My Lords, does my noble friend have any idea of how many of the signatories are British subjects and how many are foreigners?
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.