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Postpone Brexit deadline till the global Pandemic crisis has been resolved.

Submitted on Friday 24th April 2020

Rejected on Wednesday 20th May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Postpone Brexit deadline till the global Pandemic crisis has been resolved.

Petition Details

The U.K. government has said that regardless of outcomes Britain will leave the EU in December. I request that the U.K. departure be delayed firstly so that all energy focuses on dealing with the pandemic and 2ndly for an assessment to be made of the wisdom of departure under a changing world.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

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 these petitions calling for the same action:

Extend the transition; delay negotiations until after the coronavirus outbreak: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300412

Hold a referendum on the post-2020 UK-EU relationship with option to rejoin EU: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300026

Rejoin the EU under Article 49 TEU: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300297

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You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

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Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

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