United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 99425
Exhumation
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11 December 2025
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17 December 2025 · Answer
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17 December 2025
Summary
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.
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11 December 2025
Written question
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.
Source: Commons
17 December 2025
Answer
The 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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-11/99425
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1863207
- uk · wq-1863207 · source updated 17 December 2025