Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee

Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee
Organisation information
Headquarters	Level 3, British Ministry of Magic Headquarters, Whitehall, London, England, Great Britain
Intentions	Invents excuses for the Muggle community for any magical accidents or occurrences
Affiliation	British Ministry of Magic Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes

"Level Three, Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, incorporating the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad, Obliviator Headquarters and Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee."

— Voice of lift at the British Ministry of Magic

The Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee was a division of the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes. Members of this committee thought up excuses that would explain magical happenings to Muggles. Unlike the Office of Misinformation, who became involved in only the very worst magical-Muggle collisions and liaised with the Muggle Prime Minister, this committee dealt with the more minor incidents.

History

In 1981, the committee came up with an excuse for the deaths of the Muggles who were killed with an explosion spell the night Peter Pettigrew framed Sirius Black for betraying the Potter family to Voldemort, blaming it on a gas leak.

During the 1990–1991 school year, Jacob's sibling and Barnaby Lee helped a clerk come up with a Muggle-worthy excuse for a dragon attack in the Muggle world. Jacob's sibling worked with them on several other occasions, such as when inventing an explanation for excessive owl activity provoked by Celestina Warbeck's new song and covering up an Erumpent horn explosion.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First mentioned)
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (First appearance)
• Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (Mentioned in Muggle Studies classes)