Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of the Cremation Act (1902).
The Ministry of Justice is defending an application for permission in judicial review by the owners of a proposed crematorium, challenging our decision not to appoint a medical referee to the crematorium while it remains in breach of the provisions of section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902. It would be inappropriate for Ministers to comment on issues relating to this matter during the course of litigation.