The First Minister will be aware of the case of my constituent who died last week in an industrial accident in Southampton. His death will be subject to a coroner’s inquest, which will be months away. An interim death certificate is issued by the coroner as a matter of course, but legislation that was passed in Scotland in 2015 allows only full death certificates to be accepted for burials and cremations in Scotland. That means that my constituent cannot be brought home for burial or cremation, which obviously compounds his family’s distress.

I thank the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care for his positive engagement on the issue. However, what can the First Minister himself do to resolve the matter urgently? Will he consider specifically whether Health Improvement Scotland, which provides a death certification review service, can act in this case?