HC Deb 31 January 1967 vol 740 c79W
Mr. Lipton

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to abolish coroners.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

The terms of reference of the departmental Committee on Death Certification and Coroners, under the chairmanship of Mr. Norman Brodrick, require it to review the law and practice relating to coroners and coroners' courts and to recommend what changes are desirable. It would be premature to consider any amendment of the law until the recommendations of this Committee are known.