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Parthenon Sculptures

Asked by Saqib BhattiConservativeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 9 December 2024UIN 17618

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the Greek Government on (a) loaning and (b) donating the Elgin Marbles to Greece.

Answered by Chris Bryant

I met Greece’s Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni on 4 November for a meeting regarding tourism, when she raised the Parthenon Sculptures among many other matters.

Decisions relating to the care and management of the Parthenon Sculptures are a matter for the British Museum Trustees, acting within the law.

We have no plans to change the law that would permit a permanent move of the Parthenon Sculptures.

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