Return Of Parthenon Sculptures To Athens

EDM number 425 in 2003-04, proposed by Andrew Dismore on 14/01/2004.

That this House recognises that the building of the New Acropolis Museum offers an unprecedented opportunity to display the major parts of the Parthenon Marbles that are currently divided between London and Athens together, in the context of the Parthenon building for which they were designed; believes that such a display would be welcomed by a majority of British people; further believes that a solution to any legal issues is possible if the transfer occurs on the basis of a long-term loan; welcomes the Greek Government's offer to ensure that exhibitions of high quality Greek material would be brought to national and regional museums in the UK once the Marbles issues has been resolved; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to work with the British Museum and the Greek authorities to this end, in the spirit of co-operation and friendship so apt for any Olympic year.

This motion has been signed by a total of 102 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Dismore	14/01/2004	Hendon	Labour	Proposed
Michael Jabez Foster	14/01/2004	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	14/01/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	14/01/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	14/01/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Robin Cook	14/01/2004	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	14/01/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	14/01/2004	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	14/01/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	14/01/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	14/01/2004	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	14/01/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Allan	14/01/2004	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anthony D Wright	14/01/2004	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	14/01/2004	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/01/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	14/01/2004	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	14/01/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	14/01/2004	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Teddy Taylor	14/01/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Bennett	14/01/2004	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	14/01/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	14/01/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	14/01/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	14/01/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	14/01/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Heath	14/01/2004	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	14/01/2004	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	14/01/2004	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Rooney	14/01/2004	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	14/01/2004	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Pugh	14/01/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	14/01/2004	Dover	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	14/01/2004	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	14/01/2004	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	14/01/2004	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	14/01/2004	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Edward O'Hara	14/01/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	14/01/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	14/01/2004	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	14/01/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	14/01/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	14/01/2004	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	14/01/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	14/01/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	14/01/2004	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	14/01/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	15/01/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	15/01/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	15/01/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	15/01/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Chaytor	15/01/2004	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	15/01/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lynne Jones	15/01/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	15/01/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/01/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	19/01/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tom Cox	19/01/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	19/01/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	19/01/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	19/01/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Betty Williams	19/01/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/01/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	21/01/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/01/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	22/01/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	22/01/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	22/01/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	22/01/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	26/01/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	26/01/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	27/01/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	30/01/2004	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	02/02/2004	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	04/02/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	05/02/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/02/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	23/02/2004	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	23/02/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	24/02/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	25/02/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	01/03/2004	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	01/03/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	04/03/2004	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	04/03/2004	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	08/03/2004	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	08/03/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	08/03/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	09/03/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	10/03/2004	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony McWalter	15/03/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Matthew Taylor	15/03/2004	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Liz Blackman	16/03/2004	Erewash	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	18/03/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	18/03/2004	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Clarke	23/03/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	26/03/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Barbara Roche	19/04/2004	Hornsey & Wood Green	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	23/04/2004	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	16/11/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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