| Heading: |
Malaysia: Wrecks |
| Question ID: |
1816179 |
| UIN: |
HL8805 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3834 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord West of Spithead
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord West of Spithead
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that human remains found among the scrap of the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battlecruiser HMS Repulse are given a fitting burial by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-04 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
360 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Coaker
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| Answering Member handle: |
Vernon_Coaker
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Vernon_Coaker
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| Answer text: |
Investigations into the illegal salvage are still ongoing. The Ministry of Defence is unable to provide a response regarding the presence of human remains until these investigations have concluded. If the remains of British Service personnel are identifie... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |