もしかして？！

英国政府、議会からまたまたメールが来た。

曰く、
あなた方の署名は非常に多いので、来る９月５日午後４:30より、議会下院にて議論を行います、と。
しかしこの議論は先の国民投票の結果を覆そうというものではありません、と。
法的拘束力はなく、国民投票のやり直しを即座に決めるものでもありません、と。

けど、少しなんだか、期待させるないようだ。
もしかしてもしかしたら、議論の方向によっては、議会で残留の方向に舵が切られるかも、かもしれない。
あくまでも希望的観測だけれども。

９月５日、議会をききにいってみようかな。

ou recently signed the petition “EU Referendum Rules triggering a 2nd EU Referendum”:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215

The Petitions Committee has decided to schedule a House of Commons debate on this petition. The debate will take place on 5 September at 4.30pm in Westminster Hall, the second debating chamber of the House of Commons. The debate will be opened by Ian Blackford MP.

The Committee has decided that the huge number of people signing this petition means that it should be debated by MPs. The Petitions Committee would like to make clear that, in scheduling this debate, they are not supporting the call for a second referendum. The debate will allow MPs to put forward a range of views on behalf of their constituents. At the end of the debate, a Government Minister will respond to the points raised.

A debate in Westminster Hall does not have the power to change the law, and won’t end with the House of Commons deciding whether or not to have a second referendum. Moreover, the petition – which was opened on 25 May, well before the referendum – calls for the referendum rules to be changed. It is now too late for the rules to be changed retrospectively. It will be up to the Government to decide whether it wants to start the process of agreeing a new law for a second referendum.

The Petitions Committee is a cross-party group of MPs. It is independent from Government. You can find out more about the Committee on its website: http://www.parliament.uk/petitions-committee/role

Thanks,
The Petitions team
UK Government and Parliament