Collections: Human Remains
Lords · Question HL3034 · Tabled 28 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Lord Boateng
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the presence of ancestral human remains in the national collections, and what records they keep centrally of the quantity and location of such items.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Twycross, 11 Dec 2024
No such assessment has been made, and there are no centrally kept records. Museums 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 re...