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Restitution Of The Parthenon Marbles

EDM number 1140 in 2006-07, proposed by Andrew George on 14/03/2007.

That this House is pleased to acknowledge the planned opening, later this year, of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, which clearly demonstrates the capacity of the Greek authorities to receive and satisfactorily install those marbles from the Parthenon which were, in the past, removed in previous periods, including the so-called Elgin Marbles; notes that the principles of the restitution of museum items is now well established, which includes the British Museum's return of Aboriginal remains to Australia under the Human Tissue Act and a number of fragments from the Parthenon and the Acropolis to Greece from collections in Germany, Sweden and elsewhere; believes that the opening of the New Acropolis Museum will give the British Museum a golden opportunity to demonstrate its goodwill towards the project; and calls on the Government to work with the British Museum to open negotiations with the Greek authorities to arrange for the proper restitution of the Parthenon Marbles to Athens.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew George14/03/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratProposed
Edward O'Hara14/03/2007Knowsley SouthLabourSeconded
Elfyn Llwyd14/03/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSeconded
Dai Davies14/03/2007Blaenau GwentIndependentSeconded
Hywel Williams14/03/2007CaernarfonPlaid CymruSeconded
Adam Price14/03/2007Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSeconded
Derek Wyatt15/03/2007Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil15/03/2007Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Ann Cryer15/03/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn15/03/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Colin Breed15/03/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones15/03/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Alan Simpson15/03/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice15/03/2007PendleLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders19/03/2007TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
David Laws19/03/2007YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper19/03/2007Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Bill Etherington19/03/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn19/03/2007Newport WestLabourSigned
Ian Gibson19/03/2007Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Alan Meale20/03/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Mike Hancock20/03/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore20/03/2007HendonLabourSigned
Michael Clapham20/03/2007Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty20/03/2007Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins20/03/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton20/03/2007GowerLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell21/03/2007Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Clive Efford21/03/2007ElthamLabourSigned
Rudi Vis21/03/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Anderson21/03/2007BlaydonLabourSigned
John Leech21/03/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams21/03/2007CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley23/03/2007Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Evan Harris26/03/2007Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Rob Marris26/03/2007Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt27/03/2007CrawleyLabourSigned
Katy Clark27/03/2007North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
John Hemming19/04/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis20/04/2007Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Soulsby24/04/2007Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael07/06/2007Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Mohammad Sarwar09/07/2007Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Diane Abbott12/07/2007Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned

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