Written question asked by David Heath (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 23 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 October 2002. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 October 2002 on behalf of the Home Office.

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Home Office

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to require a practitioner other than the signatory to the death certificate to sign a cremation form; if he will introduce a requirement for post mortem examination when there is insufficient evidence relating to the nature of the illness suffered to complete a death certificate satisfactorily.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

390 c751W;390 c753W; 73416;73418

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Death Certification Cremation Funerals Post-mortems Registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships

Link

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