Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 99425
Exhumation
Tabled: 11 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025
Named DayQuestion
Helen Maguire
Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place a moratorium on the granting of exhumation licences for former asylum cemeteries, including Horton Cemetery, until a review of historic and cultural importance has been undertaken.
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesThe Government recognises the sensitivities surrounding burial grounds linked to former psychiatric institutions, including Horton Cemetery, and is committed to upholding the dignity of these sites and the memory of those interred within them.All applicat...
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