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Coroners: Stillbirths

Tuesday 11 July 2023 · 2 questions

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Answered 0 Partly answered 2 Not answered 0

Key points

  • The consultation on giving powers to coroners to investigate stillbirths received 334 responses.
  • The consultation includes feedback from bereaved parents, charities, the Chief Coroner, and clinicians.
  • The Minister apologised for the delay in publishing the consultation and assured completion soon.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Tim Loughton Con
NHS
Context

There was a consultation on giving coroners the power to investigate stillbirths, which has not yet been published.

Question

If he will publish the results of the consultation on giving powers to coroners to investigate stillbirths.

Answer from Maria Caulfield

The consultation on giving powers to coroners to investigate stillbirths received 334 responses, including from bereaved parents, charities, the Chief Coroner, clinicians and a range of other organisations.

Partly answered

Not addressed: Publication date and next steps were not provided despite request for publication results

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Q2 Tim Loughton Con
Justice & Courts
Context

The Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019 passed the House in February 2019. Section 4 remains incomplete despite a completed consultation and repeated attempts for meetings with the Minister.

Question

Mr Speaker, you are very familiar with the problems over the implementation of my Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019, which passed this House in February 2019. Section 4 remains incomplete. The consultation was completed in June 2019. Mr Speaker, you are aware that I made six attempts to get a meeting with the Minister and a Justice Minister. Eventually, I got it in March, after the Leader of the House intervened. Four months on, I have heard nothing and the consultation remains unpublished. What will it take to get this legislation, which everyone wants and which was passed unanimously, into law?

Answer from Maria Caulfield

I thank my hon. Friend for his work in this space and I apologise for the delay in publishing the consultation. I met him along with a Justice Minister, and I assure him that we hope to publish it very soon.

Partly answered

Not addressed: Publication timeline was vague; no commitment on implementation of Section 4

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