Labour MP Eddie O’Hara has tabled an Early Day Motion referencing the imminent opening of the New Acropolis Museum. Previous posts on EDMs explain the purpose of Early Day Motions.

From:
Parliamentary Information Management Web Site

EDM 260
Early Day Motion
NEW ACROPOLIS MUSEUM AND THE PARTHENON SCULPTURES

11.12.2008
O’Hara, Edward

That this House notes the forthcoming opening of the new Acropolis Museum in Athens in the spring of 2009; congratulates the Greek government on the completion of a truly world-class new home for the treasures of the Acropolis hill; recognises the unique beauty of the top floor gallery of the museum, built to the same size and orientation as the Parthenon itself and designed specifically for the display of the surviving Parthenon sculptures as an artistic unit and in the best possible location and light with the Parthenon itself in full simultaneous view; regrets the fact that for as long as the surviving Parthenon sculptures are kept separately in the British Museum and in Greece they cannot be viewed in this optimum context; and calls on the Government to encourage and facilitate the opening of discussions between the British Museum and the Greek authorities with the purpose of the reunification of the Parthenon sculptures in Athens with responsibility for their display, curation and study being shared between the British Museum and the new Acropolis Museum in accordance with the best contemporary museum practice.

The following MPs have signed this EDM so far:

1. O’Hara, Edward
2. George, Andrew
3. Gibson, Ian
4. Sanders, Adrian
5. McDonnell, John
6. Dismore, Andrew
7. Jones, Lynne
8. Lepper, David
9. Meale, Alan
10. Battle, John
11. Illsley, Eric
12. McCafferty, Chris
13. Caton, Martin
14. Cook, Frank
15. Corbyn, Jeremy
16. Cryer, Ann
17. Cummings, John
18. Leech, John
19. Simpson, Alan
20. Moffatt, Laura
21. Dobbin, Jim
22. Hemming, John
23. Williams, Hywel
24. Laxton, Bob
25. Ottaway, Richard
26. Clelland, David
27. Foster, Michael Jabez
28. Prentice, Gordon
29. Singh, Marsha
30. Connarty, Michael
31. Turner, Desmond
32. Walley, Joan
33. Wood, Mike
34. Laws, David
35. Etherington, Bill
36. Stewart, Ian
37. Cohen, Harry
38. Austin, John
39. Kilfoyle, Peter
40. Opik, Lembit
41. Vis, Rudi
42. Goldsworthy, Julia
43. Horwood, Martin
44. Wright, Anthony D
45. Clark, Katy
46. Huhne, Chris
47. Olner, Bill
48. Bruce, Malcolm
49. Galloway, George
50. Owen, Albert
51. Caborn, Richard
52. Mason, John
53. Ryan, Joan
54. Lloyd, Tony
55. Llwyd, Elfyn
56. Hopkins, Kelvin
57. McDonnell, Alasdair