Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition Stop Culturally important statues being removed without government approval.

Stop culturally important statues being removed without Government approval . We need to do this to stop British history being attacked be it good or bad. At this moment in time we risk having Important parts of our history erased.

More details

To be British we have to acknowledge our past so that we can learn in the future.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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.

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

Protect all monuments and statues from being taken down: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325814

Make it a specific offence to desecrate national flags, symbols and monuments: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325545

Require referendums on the removal of historically significant statues: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/326361

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