HC Deb 08 January 2003 vol 397 c284WS
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to introduce compulsory MRI scans during post mortems. [88420]

Mr. Lammy

We have no plans to introduce compulsory magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans during post mortems. The Department has commissioned a scoping study to look at the current level of research knowledge about minimally invasive post-mortem techniques, including MRI scanning. From this it is clear that at present there is limited research evidence as to the effectiveness of these minimally invasive techniques.