Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 93435

Restitution: Human Remains

Tabled: 21 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the All Party-Parliamentary Group on Afrikan-Reparations's report entitled Laying Ancestors to Rest, published in March 2025, what assessment her Department has made of the pote

Answer

Ian Murray
Museums are independent of the government and are responsible for decisions relating to the care and management of their collections, including the return of human remains, therefore no such assessment has been undertaken. However, DCMS has previously iss...

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