Rejected petition The statues of slave traffickers on Deptford Town Hall need to be taken down

There are four statues of slave traffickers that stand on the front on Deptford Town Hall building. These statues will cause huge emotional strains for black students who have to walk past them and all that they represent every day.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

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: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325449

Create an advisory board to review public statues and decide on their removal: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325673

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 10 June 2020
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