St Mary's Graveyard, Stoke Mandeville 2020-02-06
2020-02-06
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Rob Butler inquires about the Church authorities' representations on the exhumation of graves at St Mary's, Stoke Mandeville, due to HS2 construction work.
My constituent Mrs Bradley's great great grandfather is buried at St Mary's, Stoke Mandeville. She was very distressed to learn by accident that the graves were to be exhumed by construction work linked to HS2. How will the Church of England monitor this to ensure that the exhumations are carried out in the way my hon. Friend has just described, even on deconsecrated land?
I am extremely sorry that Mrs Bradley found out about the exhumation by accident. The location of reinterment in consecrated ground will be announced in due course, as near to the original grave or graveyard as possible. The law requires HS2 to put up a memorial for all those who are reinterred.
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