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Or in Spalding, or any other principal museum across the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

I beg to move, That this House has considered the Parthenon marbles and the British Museum Act 1963.

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his very valued view.

Most certainly not. I thank my right hon. Friend for his valued contribution. That is precisely the issue that I do not wish to debate.

I will make a further point first. Let me be clear: this is not a debate about returning all the treasures in the British Museum.

I welcome the contribution of the hon. Member for St Ives (Andrew George), just as I welcome the contributions of the hon.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to bring forward proposals to (a) support and

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department monitors the number of households charge

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to introduce a statutory exemption

I thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate.