Parliament to debate removing all slave trader statues in public spaces · petition

What the petition asks

I want the parliament to debate and agree that all slave trader statues should now be removed from public spaces and assembled outside the international slave museum to ensure those that cast eyes on the statues know their past and the pain and suffering they caused.

In the rise of social and moral feeling following the Covid-19 disparity in doctors and nurses deaths from the BAME community and the disparity in population mortality and morbidity that has brought into clear focus the long standing and persistent health and social racial inequalities.

On the 7 June 2020 black lives matter campaigners pulled down a slave trader statue in Bristol and it was tossed into the water like many of his slaves would have been.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Decisions about individual historical monuments, statues, plaques and street names are a matter for the local authority in which they are located and private landowners, not the UK Government or Parliament.

If you want to raise concerns about a particular historical monument or statue you should contact your local authority about this.

The Local Government Association has published an advice note to help councils work to ensure all sections of the community feel heard by decision-makers and each other: https://www.local.gov.uk/topics/community-safety/statues

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Encourage and support the removal of memorials that glorify the slave trade: Encourage and support the removal of memorials that glorify the slave trade

Create an advisory board to review public statues and decide on their removal: Create an advisory board to review public statues and decide on their removal

Timeline

7 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
19 Jun 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee