United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 99083
Restitution: Nigeria
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6 January 2022
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13 January 2022 · Answer
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13 January 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has plans to return (a) the Benin Bronzes and (b) other historically and culturally significant artifacts to Nigeria.
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6 January 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has plans to return (a) the Benin Bronzes and (b) other historically and culturally significant artifacts to Nigeria.
Source: Commons
13 January 2022
Answer
Museums and galleries in the UK operate independently of the government. Decisions relating to their collections are a matter for the trustees of each museum.Some national museums are prevented by law from deaccessioning objects in their collections unles...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-06/99083
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1400459
- uk · wq-1400459 · source updated 13 January 2022