This is a significant step forward for academics and activists who have been rallying against human remains sales in recent months.
The parliamentary exchange follows in the wake of an auction house in Oxfordshire withdrawing 22 lots of human and ancestral remains after facing an international backlash from affected communities and academics.
However, while auctions have become a lightning rod for controversy, they’re only a small part of the market, and politicians will have to consider a variety of factors before prohibiting the sale of human remains.
A ban would also put a small number of people who make a living from selling human remains out of business.
