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Establish a Legacy of Slavery Commission, to review civic memorials, including (but not exclusive to) street names, statues and building names, for their links to the slave trade. The commission would determine their social value and recommend removal or replacement.

This commission would ensure that sensible discussion could take place regarding the removal and replacement of memorials that are no longer considered appropriate.

Although a great many of the memorials honour philanthropy, these charitable acts do not absolve the individuals of their heinous links to the slave trade.

This would also serve as a national mandate, to ensure equal and fair discussions take place, and remove the burden from local authorities.

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    MPs question decision-makers on physical heritage and statues

    The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee recently asked for your views on statues, public art and memorials. Thanks so much to those of you who responded. On Tuesday they questioned decision-makers on physical heritage and statues. You can watch the session here:  

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    Share your views on statues, public art and monuments with the DCMS Committee

    The House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee is conducting an inquiry into statues, public art and memorials, and they’d like to hear your views.

    Click here to complete a short, anonymous survey: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=nt3mHDeziEC-Xo277ASzSq6aCdmBZ_pOuZA4tNB2vTNUNklWRzVIMTZQMDJPT0pFRUIwTVUyTEdERi4u.

    Your responses to this survey will help the Committee to question decision makers and others about this issue. We’ll let know when that will happen and you can watch it on www.parliamentlive.tv.

    The survey will close on Wednesday 30 September.

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