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Graveyards: Safety

Volume 489: debated on Wednesday 11 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the implementation by (a) churches and (b) local authorities of his Department's guidelines on health and safety in graveyards. (261741)

We are now discussing with relevant representative organisations how best to obtain early feedback on our recently-published guidelines on managing the safety of memorials. We are also planning to undertake a fuller assessment, probably through a questionnaire, a year after publication.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will review the accuracy of summaries produced of his Department's guidelines on graveyard health and safety over the last three months. (261840)

We will address any questions or concerns about the application or interpretation of the guidance on memorial safety as they come to our attention.