This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Melt down the slave owner statues or put them out of sight (NOT IN A MUSEUM)
Putting these statues in a museum is glorifying the past they come with. So the government should not allow them to go into museums. It honestly looks like they were taken down to protect them when we want them taken down as they are shameful.
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There are books and the internet to learn from so they do not need to be in museums. Instead alternatives should be considered such as pictures, holograms, video clips and just information. A statue is too much of a glamorised symbol.
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.