HC Deb 12 March 1996 vol 273 c538W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) who is responsible for decisions to remove deceased prisoners' brains; [19955]

(2) who was responsible for the decision to remove Ronald Kray's brain. [19954]

Mr. Sackville

If organs or tissue are required to be removed for further examination to establish the cause of death, the decision is taken by the pathologist under the direction of the coroner.

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list each of the locations in which Ronald Kray's brain was stored before being returned to the body. [19963]

Mr. Sackville

Arrangements for the care of the material are a matter for the pathologists involved.