Consultation Analysis Report on a proposed Bill relating to burial and cremation and other matters in Scotland

Footnotes

1. http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2008/03/25113621/0

2. http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/06/8342

3. Resomation is where a chemical solution breaks down the body to leave bone ash and a sterile liquid.

4. Promession is the process of freeze drying the body and vibrating the remains into ashes.

5. The interment of the body in the soil in a manner that does not inhibit decomposition but allows the body to recycle naturally.

6. A repository for the bones of the dead usually used when burial space is scarce.

7. A building housing a tomb or group of tombs.

8. A number of respondents requested that their details remain anonymous for the consultation. To respect this and for data protection reasons the names of these individuals have not been included on this list.