British Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George characterized that is Shameful for Britain to” parade stolen spoils from the otherwise excellent British Museum.”
After submitting the related question to the Ministry of Culture, Mr. George added that:” Surely the United Kingdom needs to constructively take action, act generously and recognize that the Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Athens”.
Labor MP Jeremy Corbyn also expressed the same belief and highlighted that the marbles have basically been stolen from Greece. “Greece has very strong feelings on the matter. Probably our relations with Greece will be further improved if we return part if not all of their belongings”.
Secretary of Culture Ellen Grant, replied to the placements of the two MPs by saying that: ” “The British government is well aware that UNESCO wants to mediate for the Parthenon Marbles. We will take this proposal into account and we will respond in due course. It is clear that the sculptures belong legally to the British Museum, which is open to all and free of charge”.
At the same time, she stressed that she refuses to accept that the “objects” have been stolen and she highlighted that:”I can assure you that there is a constructive discussion between the governments of Greece and Britain. The matter was already discussed recently, in early October, at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris. “