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Restitution Of The Parthenon Marbles

EDM number 433 in 2007-08, proposed by Andrew George on 28/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Art works and Cultural heritage.

That this House welcomes the development of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens which is planned to open next year and which clearly demonstrates the capacity of the Greek authorities to receive and satisfactorily instal 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 include the British Museum's return of Aboriginal remains to Australia under the Human Tissue Act 2004 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 a dialogue 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 37 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew George28/11/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratProposed
Edward O'Hara28/11/2007Knowsley SouthLabourSeconded
Evan Harris28/11/2007Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Diane Abbott28/11/2007Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSeconded
Derek Wyatt28/11/2007Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSeconded
Elfyn Llwyd28/11/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSeconded
Paul Holmes28/11/2007ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders29/11/2007TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones29/11/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Martin Caton29/11/2007GowerLabourSigned
Derek Conway29/11/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
John Cummings29/11/2007EasingtonLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore29/11/2007HendonLabourSigned
David Drew29/11/2007StroudLabourSigned
Ian Gibson29/11/2007Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Phil Willis03/12/2007Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor03/12/2007North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Mark Durkan03/12/2007FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
David Clelland03/12/2007Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty03/12/2007Calder ValleyLabourSigned
David Lepper03/12/2007Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Colin Breed03/12/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer04/12/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Michael Clapham05/12/2007Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin06/12/2007Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn06/12/2007Newport WestLabourSigned
Willie Rennie06/12/2007Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson10/12/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
James Gray10/12/2007North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Bill Etherington10/12/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt10/12/2007CrawleyLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell10/12/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Gordon Prentice10/12/2007PendleLabourSigned
David Anderson11/12/2007BlaydonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard13/12/2007WalthamstowLabourSigned
Mark Williams13/12/2007CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Williams28/01/2008CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned

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