The Culture Secretary said she is willing to look at details of a possible loan, but claimed permanently returning the artefacts to Greece would 'open a can of worms'
“A lot of people have spoken of a 100-year loan, which I don’t think is in the spirit of the legislation at all, that is akin to giving them back. It’s almost like trying to find a loophole around it. And that’s certainly, in my conversations with George Osborne at the British Museum, not what he’s planning to do. He has had various conversations with the Greek government and see if there was something else he could do.
Asked if she could stop the return of the marbles, she replied she would need to see the full details of the proposed deal. “We could change the law if we wanted to do. It would be our prerogative as the Government to do that. “I would want to look at the the terms of this deal, first of all, to decide what the ramifications would be. Because when we think about the Elgin Marbles, you think about just that, but actually the ramifications are very broad, in terms of our museums across the UK, and the impact on other artefacts.The British Museum is prevented by law from
, such as the marbles, but speculation has increased in recent weeks about a potential deal that would see them loaned out on rotation in return for Greek artefacts that have never been out of the country.
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