PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Promession (10 January 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether local authorities are permitted to offer promession services to bereaved families; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)
Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)
Answer
Promession involves neither burial nor the burning of human remains and is therefore outside the scope of the existing legislation on burials and cremation. However, local authorities may offer the process, provided that they comply with other relevant legislation, such as environmental legislation.
Answered by:
Dr Phillip Lee (Liberal Democrat)
18 January 2017
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