Rejected petition Return the Elgin marbles to Greece on permanent loan.

Agree with the British Museum that they should be loaned back to Greece.

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They were removed under dubious circumstances, Greece has now built a museum to house them.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

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: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/642081

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 28 November 2023
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