A Bill to prohibit giving or receiving a reward for the supply of, or for offering to supply, human remains or any object partially consisting of human remains; to prohibit advertising the sale, exchange, or offer of sale or exchange, of human remains or any object partially consisting of human remains; to make provision for specified exemptions from those prohibitions; and for connected purposes.
This Bill would make it illegal to pay or reward someone for supplying human remains or items that partly consist of human remains, and would ban advertising the sale or exchange of such remains or items. It also provides for certain exemptions from these prohibitions. The aim is to regulate and restrict the trade in human remains while allowing defined limited exceptions.
The Bill is at the Commons 2nd Reading stage. After this, it will proceed to detailed examination in Committee and then to further readings if it progresses.
Generated 21 February 2026
The next stage for this Bill, Second reading, is scheduled to take place on Friday 27 February 2026, although the House of Commons is not expected to be sitting on that date.
This is a Private Members' Bill and was introduced to Parliament on Wednesday 4 February 2026 under the Ten Minute Rule.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.