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Find a way to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece.

Submitted on Tuesday 28th November 2023

Rejected on Thursday 7th December 2023

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Find a way to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece.

Petition Details

The government needs to work diplomatically and constructively with The Greek Government and The British Museum to find a way for the Elgin Marbles to be returned to Greece. This can either be a change in the law to allow The British Museum to release artifacts, or a loan agreement.

Additional Information

It’s the right thing to do.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

The UK Government is not directly responsible for the Elgin Marbles, but we have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Amend the British Museum Act to allow the acceptance of repatriation requests: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/642081

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