Parthenon Marbles And The Acropolis Museum

EDM number 336 in 2001-02, proposed by Edward O'Hara on 31/10/2001.

That this House is aware that the Parthenon Marbles, most of which are included in the Elgin Marbles collection in the British Museum, are integral architectural features of the Parthenon, itself a UNESCO world heritage site; notes with interest that the Greek Government has commissioned a new Acropolis Museum at a cost of twenty nine million pounds to be situated at the foot of the Acropolis and including a glass gallery facing the Parthenon and specifically intended to house the Parthenon Marbles; understands that this gallery will remain empty as long as the Parthenon Marbles are not available for display in it; is concerned that this will bring great discredit to the British Government and the British Museum in the eyes of the estimated three million visitors per annum to the Acropolis Museum from around the world; recognises that this location is unique as the only one in which it will be possible to view the Parthenon and its sculptures together in one experience; and calls upon the Government immediately to enter into discussions with the Greek Government with the purpose of returning the Parthenon Marbles to Athens for display in their gallery in the Acropolis Museum when it is opened at the time of the Athens Olympics in 2004.

This motion has been signed by a total of 110 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Edward O'Hara	31/10/2001	Knowsley South	Labour	Proposed
Rudi Vis	31/10/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	31/10/2001	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	31/10/2001	West Ham	Labour	Signed
John Austin	31/10/2001	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	31/10/2001	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	31/10/2001	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	31/10/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	31/10/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	31/10/2001	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	31/10/2001	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	31/10/2001	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	31/10/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	31/10/2001	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	01/11/2001	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	01/11/2001	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	01/11/2001	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	01/11/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	01/11/2001	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Lepper	01/11/2001	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lynne Jones	01/11/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	01/11/2001	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nick Palmer	01/11/2001	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	02/11/2001	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	05/11/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/11/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	05/11/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	05/11/2001	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	05/11/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	05/11/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mann	05/11/2001	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	05/11/2001	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	05/11/2001	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	06/11/2001	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	06/11/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	06/11/2001	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	06/11/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	06/11/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	06/11/2001	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	07/11/2001	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Janet Anderson	07/11/2001	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	07/11/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	07/11/2001	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	07/11/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	08/11/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	08/11/2001	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	08/11/2001	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	12/11/2001	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Cotter	13/11/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	13/11/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/11/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/11/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	15/11/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	15/11/2001	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	16/11/2001	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/11/2001	Burton	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	26/11/2001	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	27/11/2001	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	27/11/2001	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	28/11/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Taylor	28/11/2001	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	28/11/2001	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	28/11/2001	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	28/11/2001	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	28/11/2001	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	28/11/2001	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	28/11/2001	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	28/11/2001	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	28/11/2001	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	28/11/2001	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	28/11/2001	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	28/11/2001	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	29/11/2001	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	29/11/2001	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Adrian Bailey	29/11/2001	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Win Griffiths	30/11/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	30/11/2001	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	03/12/2001	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Bennett	03/12/2001	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Tom Watson	03/12/2001	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	04/12/2001	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann McKechin	05/12/2001	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	05/12/2001	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	10/12/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	10/12/2001	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alan Keen	11/12/2001	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	11/12/2001	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	11/12/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	12/12/2001	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	12/12/2001	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	13/12/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andy Burnham	18/12/2001	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Meg Munn	19/12/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Phil Sawford	08/01/2002	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	08/01/2002	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	09/01/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	09/01/2002	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	09/01/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Kevin Hughes	09/01/2002	Doncaster North	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	09/01/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Martin Smyth	09/01/2002	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Chris Mullin	14/01/2002	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	17/01/2002	Crosby	Labour	Signed
David Laws	21/01/2002	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	24/01/2002	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	29/01/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
George Galloway	01/02/2002	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Irene Adams	05/02/2002	Paisley North	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	13/02/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Brian White	25/02/2002	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed

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