Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 68854
Suicide: Children
Tabled: 17 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025
Question
Rebecca Paul
Conservative — Reigate
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of allowing inquests into cases of child death by suicide to sit in private.
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesThe Government is committed to putting the bereaved at the heart of the inquest process, and we are particularly conscious of the importance of this for those who have suffered the unimaginable distress of losing a child through suicide.However, in line w...
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