Alkaline Hydrolysis (water cremation) regulation: consultation analysis report

1. Background

This report presents the analysis of the Scottish Government’s public consultation on “Regulation of Alkaline Hydrolysis in Scotland (Water Cremation)”. The Scottish Government first consulted on the introduction of regulating new methods of body disposal as part of the wider consultation on reform of burial and cremation legislation in 2015. The analysis of the responses to the questions on allowing new methods of body disposal showed that the majority of respondents to the earlier consultation responded favourably^[1] to the questions about introducing new methods.

The consultation being analysed here reaffirms the support for introducing a new alternative to burial and cremation and describes how the administrative procedures might be regulated. The consultation document is available at Alkaline hydrolysis ('water cremation') regulation in Scotland - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)