Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE1911 · Session 6

Review of Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 as it relates to post-mortems

Closed Submitted 8 Oct 2021
Signatures
3,437
Comments
0
Considered
9 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 and relevant guidance to ensure that all post-mortems—
• can only be carried out with permission of the next of kin;
• do not routinely remove brains; and
• offer tissues and samples to next of kin as a matter of course.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 1 Dec 2021
    1 mention
  2. 4 May 2022
    1 mention
  3. 21 Dec 2022
    1 mention
  4. 17 May 2023
    1 mention
  5. 14 Jun 2023
    1 mention
  6. 6 Sep 2023
    1 mention
  7. 29 May 2024
    1 mention
  8. 23 Apr 2025
    1 mention
  9. 26 Nov 2025
    1 mention

Signatures by country

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Comments

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