Question follow-through · 24918

British Museum: Collections

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the British Museum Act 1963 to enable the permanent transfer of objects from the British Museum's collec

answeredDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
10 Sept 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the British Museum Act 1963 to enable the permanent transfer of objects from the British Museum's collec

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has made no assessment of the potential merits of amending the British Museum Act 1963. We have no plans to change the law that would permit a permanent move of the Parthenon Sculptures.

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