To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what further action is being taken to improve consumer protection in the funeral industry.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what further action is being taken to improve consumer protection in the funeral industry.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will comment on her Department's plans to ensure adequate protection of consumers purchasing their funerals in advance. - Inc ref to 304 c655W, 22 January 1998.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will comment on her Department's plans to ensure adequate protection of consumers purchasing their funerals in advance. - Inc ref to 304 c655W, 22 January 1998.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans she has to protect consumers in respect of the costs of funeral services.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans she has to protect consumers in respect of the costs of funeral services.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what studies her Department has conducted into the costs of funeral services; and if she will publish them.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what studies her Department has conducted into the costs of funeral services; and if she will publish them.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will take action to warn (a) pensioners and (b) others about the activities of funeral directors who encourage people to opt for unnecessarily expensive funerals.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will take action to warn (a) pensioners and (b) others about the activities of funeral directors who encourage people to opt for unnecessarily expensive funerals.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that pre-paid funerals are subject to regulation by the new Financial Services Authority. - (Holding answer 21 January 1998).

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that pre-paid funerals are subject to regulation by the new Financial Services Authority. - (Holding answer 21 January 1998).

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans she has to introduce measures to protect the rights of people who have bought pre-paid funerals.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans she has to introduce measures to protect the rights of people who have bought pre-paid funerals.

Wednesday adjournment debate on funeral services.

Wednesday adjournment debate on funeral services.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what monitoring she has instigated concerning whether undertakings received from providers of funeral services following recommendations by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission (a) have been and (b) have not been carried out; and what further action she intends to take to...

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what monitoring she has instigated concerning whether undertakings received from providers of funeral services following recommendations by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission (a) have been and (b) have not been carried out; and what further action she intends to take to...

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what statistics her Department collates on the ownership and company status of funeral director companies and their subsidiaries.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what statistics her Department collates on the ownership and company status of funeral director companies and their subsidiaries.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 19th November, Official Report, column 192, if she will list (a) the possible options for consumer protection which the Minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs has discussed with the Director General of Fair Trading regarding pre-paid...

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 19th November, Official Report, column 192, if she will list (a) the possible options for consumer protection which the Minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs has discussed with the Director General of Fair Trading regarding pre-paid...

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19th November, Official Report, column 192, if she will list the trading companies that are subsidiaries of registered charities and the registered charities concerned about which she has received representations and if she will list the...

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19th November, Official Report, column 192, if she will list the trading companies that are subsidiaries of registered charities and the registered charities concerned about which she has received representations and if she will list the...

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many people have bought pre-paid funerals in the last two years.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many people have bought pre-paid funerals in the last two years.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will (a) establish a funeral services ombudsman, (b) establish a single code of practice for the supply of funeral services and (c) introduce statutory regulation of pre-paid funeral plans. - Inc ref to 302 c93W, 1 December 1997. (Holding...

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will (a) establish a funeral services ombudsman, (b) establish a single code of practice for the supply of funeral services and (c) introduce statutory regulation of pre-paid funeral plans. - Inc ref to 302 c93W, 1 December 1997. (Holding...

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19th November, Official Report, column 192, if she will list the representations she has received relating to the marketing and selling of pre-paid funeral plans and place copies in the Library. - Inc ref to list...

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19th November, Official Report, column 192, if she will list the representations she has received relating to the marketing and selling of pre-paid funeral plans and place copies in the Library. - Inc ref to list...

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will set up an independent ombudsman to oversee the funeral industry.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will set up an independent ombudsman to oversee the funeral industry.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 19th November, Official Report, column 191, if she will list the individual funeral directors' businesses that the Monopolies and Mergers Commission recommended Service Corporation International divest, and the dates on which divestment took place in each...

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 19th November, Official Report, column 191, if she will list the individual funeral directors' businesses that the Monopolies and Mergers Commission recommended Service Corporation International divest, and the dates on which divestment took place in each...

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 19th November, Official Report, column 191, if she will list the undertakings given by (a) the Co-operative Wholesale Society and (b) Service Corporation International to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission, together with the dates by which...

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 19th November, Official Report, column 191, if she will list the undertakings given by (a) the Co-operative Wholesale Society and (b) Service Corporation International to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission, together with the dates by which...

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what consultations she has had with the Director General of Fair Trading regarding the marketing and selling of pre-purchase funeral plans.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what consultations she has had with the Director General of Fair Trading regarding the marketing and selling of pre-purchase funeral plans.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what representations she has received on the potential for trading links (a) between insurance companies and providers of funeral services and (b) between providers of funeral services and trading companies that are subsidiaries of registered charities to operate against the public...

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what representations she has received on the potential for trading links (a) between insurance companies and providers of funeral services and (b) between providers of funeral services and trading companies that are subsidiaries of registered charities to operate against the public...