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Mediation With UNESCO For The Repatriation Of The Parthenon Sculptures
Andrew George
2015-03-09
That this House is aware that half of the Parthenon sculptures, controversially removed from Athens by Lord Elgin 210 years ago using a flimsy legal justification during the Ottoman occupation of Greece, remain on display in the British Museum; notes that, when presented with the facts, the British public favours the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles in Athens; further notes an opinion poll conducted by YouGov in October 2014 which shows only 23 per cent of the British public think they should stay in Britain; is further aware that the British Museum has abandoned most of its conventional arguments and now advances the novel concept of a universal museum; regrets the Government's apparent decision to reject the offer from UNESCO to mediate with the Greek government; and calls on the Government to reverse this decision and to demonstrate that Britain is prepared to express its standing in the world by engaging in a gracious act to reunite these British-held Parthenon sculptures with those now displayed in the purpose-built Acropolis Museum in the shadow of the monument to which they belong, the Parthenon in Athens.
Art works
Cultural heritage
Museums and galleries
Western Europe
Andrew George
2015-03-09
Proposed
St Ives
Liberal Democrat
Adrian Sanders
2015-03-09
Seconded
Torbay
Liberal Democrat
Jeremy Lefroy
2015-03-09
Seconded
Stafford
Conservative
Jeremy Corbyn
2015-03-09
Seconded
Islington North
Labour
Hywel Williams
2015-03-09
Seconded
Arfon
Plaid Cymru
Mary Glindon
2015-03-09
Seconded
North Tyneside
Labour
John McDonnell
2015-03-09
Signed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
George Galloway
2015-03-09
Signed
Bradford West
Respect
Mark Williams
2015-03-09
Signed
Ceredigion
Liberal Democrat
Paul Flynn
2015-03-09
Signed
Newport West
Labour
Mike Hancock
2015-03-10
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Kelvin Hopkins
2015-03-10
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Ronnie Campbell
2015-03-11
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
David Ward
2015-03-11
Signed
Bradford East
Liberal Democrat
Virendra Sharma
2015-03-11
Signed
Ealing, Southall
Labour
John Leech
2015-03-11
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Alan Meale
2015-03-11
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Diane Abbott
2015-03-12
Signed
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Labour
Roger Godsiff
2015-03-23
Signed
Birmingham, Hall Green
Labour
Katy Clark
2015-03-25
Signed
North Ayrshire and Arran
Labour