Question follow-through · 9668
Mortuaries: Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of giving families the right to visit their loved ones in a mortuary.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 15 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
15 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of giving families the right to visit their loved ones in a mortuary.
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Department has not made a specific assessment on the potential merits of introducing a right for families to visit their loved ones in a mortuary. The arrangements that apply in mortuaries undertaking post-mortem examinations are already governed by a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
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Dental Services: South Shropshire
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the current level of out-of-hours dental care provision in South Shropshire.
Members: Correspondence
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for South Shropshire dated 19 May 2026 with case reference SA44124.