Submitted on Tuesday 9th June 2020
Rejected on Monday 22nd June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make removal of historic monuments and statues a criminal offence.
Recent protests, conducted by a small minority of the population have led to calls for the removal of historic monuments across the country.
We wish Parliament to legislate, making the wilful destruction or removal of such monuments for any reason other than pubic safety, offence under law.
The Mayors of London and Manchester are known to be initiating reviews of monuments in their cities. Most such monuments, particularly in London, commemorate national figures and are the property of the Nation not any one city. We believe that individual communities have no right to remove national monuments and statues.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Protect all monuments and statues from being taken down: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325814
Make it a specific offence to desecrate national flags, symbols and monuments: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325545
Require referendums on the removal of historically significant statues: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/326361
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