Stop the undemocratic removal of national symbols

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Strengthen democratic scrutiny of decisions affecting British culture and heritage by establishing a national task force. It will review all decisions affecting, for example: the removal of statues, symbols and monuments, the rewriting of textbooks, the editing and/or removal of BBC programmes

A majority of people feel deeply anxious about what they see as a threat to the country's culture and heritage, including ad hoc, unilateral decision-making. While some people approve of the removal of particular items, as we do, a majority does not approve of how this is being done. We feel that unless a more democratic and transparent process is established, this will breed polarisation and create flash points which could be exploited by extremists.

Why it was rejected

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

A number of things you have made requests about, such as the content of textbooks and the BBC's digital library, are not the responsibility of the Government or House of Commons.

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

Protect all monuments and statues from being taken down: Protect all monuments and statues from being taken down

Make it a specific offence to desecrate national flags, symbols and monuments: Make it a specific offence to desecrate national flags, symbols and monuments

Require referendums on the removal of historically significant statues: Require referendums on the removal of historically significant statues

Timeline

12 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
22 Jun 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Jun 2020

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