§ Mr. SinghTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to introduce proposals for the reform of coroner's courts. [149298]
§ Mr. BoatengAs my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health announced on 30 January 2000,Official Report, column 177, the Home Secretary has set in train a review of the coroners system. The aim will be to consider what arrangements are needed for the investigation of suspicious and unnatural deaths. Account will be taken of the Chief Medical Officer's recommendations for changes to death certification procedures, and the reports of the Bristol Infirmary and Alder Hey Inquiries. The review will also keep in touch 734W with the Shipman inquiry. Further details, including the terms of reference and the review team, will be announced in due course.