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UIN 62702

Restitution

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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22 June 2020

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26 June 2020 · Answer

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26 June 2020

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what processes his Department has in place to respond to requests for repatriations of colonial artefacts and human remains from UK museums, universities and other institutions; and what

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  1. 22 June 2020

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what processes his Department has in place to respond to requests for repatriations of colonial artefacts and human remains from UK museums, universities and other institutions; and what

    Source: Commons

  2. 26 June 2020

    Answer

    Decisions relating to museum collections are a matter for the trustees of each museum, who operate independently of the government. This includes the institutions’ responses to requests for repatriation or restitution for colonial artefacts and human rema...

    Source: Written answer

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