This document is the post-consultation report for the consultation paper 'Burial law and policy in the 21st century: the need for a sensitive and sustainable approach'. It covers the background to the report, a summary of the responses, a detailed response to the specific questions raised and the the next steps following this consultation.
| Consultation begins on | 15 January 2004 |
| Consultation ends on | 31 August 2004 |
| Summary of responses published on | 7 April 2006 |
This consultation paper was designed to address some of the issues which had arisen from the report on cemeteries by the Environment Subcommittee of the House of Commons Select Committee on the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs. One of the recommendations of that report was that there should be a review of the legislation surrounding burial and cemeteries. In its response, the Government agreed that there was a need for all aspects of burial law to be reviewed, and proposed that the issues to be considered included rationalisation of regulation across the public and private sectors, the management of cemeteries, enforcement of the legislation, and exhumation or disturbance after burial.
This document is the post-consultation report for the consultation paper 'Burial law and policy in the 21st century: the need for a sensitive and sustainable approach'. It covers the background to the report, a summary of the responses, a detailed response to the specific questions raised and the the next steps following this consultation.
Further copies of this report and the consultation paper can be obtained by contacting the address below:
Coroners Division
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Ground Floor
4 Abbey Orchard Street
London SW1P 2HT
Tel: 020 7340 6661
Fax: 020 7340 6665