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Return Of The Parthenon Sculptures

EDM number 317 in 2016-17, proposed by Mark Williams on 12/07/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Art works, Cultural heritage, Museums and galleries and Western Europe.

That this House is aware that it took decisions 200 years ago this year which are now over time for review; notes that many of the Parthenon sculptures, controversially removed from Athens by Lord Elgin between 1801 and 1812 during the Ottoman occupation of Greece, were then purchased from him by the Government following a decision in Parliament in 1816, and remain on display in the British Museum, to which they were transferred by Act of Parliament also in 1816; further notes that, when presented with the facts, the UK public favours the reunification of the Parthenon sculptures in Athens with those now displayed in the purpose-built Acropolis Museum in the shadow of the Parthenon; and calls on the Government, working with the Trustees of the British Museum, to engage in a gracious act to reunite these Parthenon sculptures with those in Athens and with the people of Greece on the 200th anniversary of the purchase from Lord Elgin.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mark Williams12/07/2016CeredigionLiberal DemocratProposed
Margaret Ferrier12/07/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySeconded
Jonathan Edwards13/07/2016Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSeconded
Paul Monaghan13/07/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySeconded
Phil Boswell13/07/2016Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillScottish National PartySeconded
Chris Stephens13/07/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySeconded
Natalie McGarry14/07/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Martyn Day14/07/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Alan Brown18/07/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Alan Meale18/07/2016MansfieldLabourSigned
Marion Fellows18/07/2016Motherwell and WishawScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law18/07/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil18/07/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Ian Blackford19/07/2016Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartySigned
Carol Monaghan20/07/2016Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Hannah Bardell20/07/2016LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Brendan O'Hara20/07/2016Argyll and ButeScottish National PartySigned
Mary Glindon20/07/2016North TynesideLabourSigned
Anne McLaughlin20/07/2016Glasgow North EastScottish National PartySigned
Gavin Newlands21/07/2016Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson21/07/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh05/09/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Peter Grant05/09/2016GlenrothesScottish National PartySigned
John Nicolson06/09/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned

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