Auctions: Human Remains
Lords · Question HL1440 · Tabled 9 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Lord Boateng
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks of causing offence and damaging the UK’s reputation overseas arising from the sale of human remains acquired during the colonial period in public auctions; and what plans they hav
Answer
Answered by Baroness Twycross, 23 Oct 2024
Museums which have public collections are independent of government and decisions related to their collections are for their trustees to make.The Human Tissue Act 2004 allows national museums to remove human remains from their collections provided that th...