Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for the reintroduction of the certification of death processes as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

The Coronavirus Act 2020 was designed to support public services in dealing with the effects of the pandemic as well as directly tackling it. We will keep those elements of the Act that continue to be necessary – either currently or where future risks still exist. The necessity of maintaining any temporary provision will need to be judged by its effectiveness in meeting its policy objective. The Government will set out the details of such assessments in the six month report due in September (subject to the Parliamentary calendar). These assessments will of course be guided by the scientific advice we receive.