Question follow-through · 7548
Human Remains: Funerals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures his Department is considering to protect the dignity of human bodies in the context of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures his Department is considering to protect the dignity of human bodies in the context of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors.
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Department of Health and Social Care is leading on co-ordinating cross-Government work to consider options for raising standards in relation to the care and treatment of the deceased in all settings, including the funeral sector, supported by the Depa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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