Question follow-through · 121721
Coroners: Perinatal Mortality
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to limit consideration of coronial investigations to stillbirths occurring at 37 weeks' gestation or later; and on what statutory basis gestational thresholds may be applied.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to limit consideration of coronial investigations to stillbirths occurring at 37 weeks' gestation or later; and on what statutory basis gestational thresholds may be applied.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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26 Mar 2026
Answer published
I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to all parents bereaved by baby loss. Bereavement is never easy, but the loss of a child is unimaginable, and we recognise the profound and lifelong impact this has on parents and families.As I set out in my an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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