§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make provision to ensure that death certificates are not charged for when a person dies in a National Health Service hospital and the next of kin seek cremation of the body.
§ Mr. RaisonThe fees charged by medical practitioners for the certificates required under the cremation regulations are recommended by the BMA. There is no power to abolish these fees either generally or in particular cases. Proposals for simplifying the regulations are, however, under consideration.