Submitted on Wednesday 10th June 2020
Rejected on Monday 22nd June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Develop a strategy and plan to remove all statues of slave traders
Establish a committee or subcommittee to oversee the timely review of slave trade related monuments across the United Kingdom, and to develop an action plan for their removal to a suitable and adequately funded national museum of slavery, or alternatively to a local museum.
Monuments to slave traders have no place in a civilised world. Statues of slave traders should be removed from all our towns. It’s a sad truth that a significant element of our wealth was derived from the slave trade - but this should not have to be celebrated in our public spaces.
We must use this significant moment as a catalyst for change to tackle racism, discrimination, and inequality.
A Royal Commission into the slave trade, the full history, and its impact, should also be established - to ensure oversight for the future, and to make recommendations regarding all relevant aspects; including recommendations to ensure an appropriate curriculum for all children and young people is provided.
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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:
Encourage and support the removal of memorials that glorify the slave trade: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325449
Create an advisory board to review public statues and decide on their removal: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325673
We have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality
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