{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/770097.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":770097,"attributes":{"action":"Amend the British Museum Act 1963 to Allow Repatriation to All Nations","background":"Amend the British Museum Act 1963 so the British Museum can return artefacts acquired during colonial rule or conflict to nations that request them. We also ask the Government to work towards a treaty or international partnership framework supporting conservation facilities in nations of origin.","additional_details":"Amend the Act so artefacts can be returned when any nations request them with educational replicas kept in British Museum. Online records show It holds:\r\n\r\nover 110,000 objects from Egypt and Sudan,\r\n64,928 items from Greece, including the Parthenon Sculptures,\r\n52,518 items from India,\r\n10,068 items from Australia, including Indigenous artefacts,\r\n10,991 items from South Africa,\r\n9,439 items from Ghana,\r\n7,240 items from Kenya,\r\nmore than 900 artefacts taken from Benin, and \r\n80 Ethiopian artefacts, including 11 tabots.\r\n\r\nWe also ask the Government to work towards a treaty or international partnership framework supporting conservation facilities in nations of origin.","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":45,"closing_date":"2026-12-15","created_at":"2026-05-17T09:36:14.117Z","updated_at":"2026-06-22T18:54:10.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-06-15T14:57:54.125Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-05-17T19:55:20.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":"Satya Bhat","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DCMS","name":"Department for Culture, Media and Sport","url":""}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"United Arab Emirates","code":"AE","signature_count":1},{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":44}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Christchurch","ons_code":"E14001171","mp":"Sir Christopher Chope MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Derby South","ons_code":"E14001194","mp":"Baggy Shanker MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Wiltshire","ons_code":"E14001217","mp":"Danny Kruger MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Filton and Bradley Stoke","ons_code":"E14001237","mp":"Claire Hazelgrove MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Kingston upon Hull East","ons_code":"E14001313","mp":"Karl Turner MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Rochester and Strood","ons_code":"E14001447","mp":"Lauren Edwards MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cardiff East","ons_code":"W07000089","mp":"Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP","signature_count":14},{"name":"Cardiff North","ons_code":"W07000090","mp":"Anna McMorrin MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Cardiff South and Penarth","ons_code":"W07000091","mp":"Stephen Doughty MP","signature_count":12},{"name":"Cardiff West","ons_code":"W07000092","mp":"Mr Alex Barros-Curtis MP","signature_count":6},{"name":"Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare","ons_code":"W07000099","mp":"Gerald Jones MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Pontypridd","ons_code":"W07000106","mp":"Alex Davies-Jones MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Vale of Glamorgan","ons_code":"W07000110","mp":"Kanishka Narayan MP","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"Yorkshire and The Humber","ons_code":"D","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Midlands","ons_code":"E","signature_count":1},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":1},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":3},{"name":"Wales","ons_code":"L","signature_count":38}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}