Queen Elizabeth II: Public Statues
(asked on 10th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Mayor of London on the potential merits of permitting the empty plinth of Trafalgar Square to host a permeant statue of Her late Majesty the Queen.
Answered by
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
No specific conversations have happened between the Secretary of State and the Mayor of London on this topic, however the government is grateful for the many suggestions received to commemorate the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II. The Government will carefully consider these suggestions as part of thinking about how we remember Her extraordinary legacy. Following the passing of the Deregulation Act 2015, consent from the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is no longer required to erect statues in London.