Calls for Her Majesty to be honoured on the Fourth Plinth are met with support in the Commons.
Commons leader Penny Mordaunt thanked her colleague for his suggestion and said she would "certainly" raise it with Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan.
"Clearly these will be matters that will concern many members and will involve other bodies outside of this house," she said.The Fourth Plinth hosted artwork Nelson's Ship in a Bottle by artist Yinka Shonibare in 2010 "But I shall certainly raise this with the Secretary of State for DCMS [Digital, Culture, Media and Sport] and ensure she properly consults members on their wishes as plans are taken forward."Image source,In 2009 the plinth hosted a memorial statue of Battle of Britain hero Sir Keith Park
The most recent Fourth Plinth commission was Heather Phillipson's sculpture The End which was taken down in August after two years on display., commissions for the "established icon for London" are chosen "through public consultation and decision-making by the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group, an independent panel of artists, journalists and curators".
This then goes to the city's mayor who "approves the winning artist based on the recommendations of the Commissioning Group", it says.
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