Committee take evidence on The Coroner Service in England and Wales

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• Inquiry: The Coroner Service
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This is the second evidence session of the inquiry; there will be a third session with the Chief Coroner and a Government Minister later in the year.

Purpose of the session

The first panel will cover how the Coroner Service deals with healthcare-related deaths and road deaths. The second panel will allow the Committee to gain a local authority perspective (local authorities are statutorily obliged to fund the Coroner Service).

Witnesses

Tuesday 20 October 2020, Room 6, Palace of Westminster

Panel 1:

• Ms Lisa O’Dwyer, Director Medico-Legal Services at Action against Medical Accidents
  
  
• Ms Victoria Lebrec, Head of Policy, Campaigns and Communications at RoadPeace
  

Panel 2:

• Giles Adey, Coroners Office Manager (Budgets and Contracts) at Kent County Council
  
  
• Debbie Large, Head of Coroner Service at Kent County Council
  

Further information

• About Parliament: Select committees
• Visiting Parliament: Watch committees

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