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Norman Lamb
Type
House
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Department
Member
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Lamb, Norman (2)
Legislative stage
Legislation
Subject
Publisher
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Lead member
Caroline Nokes
Answering member
Norman Lamb
Department
Department of Health
Type
Adjournment debates
Subjects
Codes of practice; Funerals; NHS; Human remains; Mortuaries
Date
30 October 2013
Reference
569 cc324-332WH
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will introduce a statutory code to promote good practice in the services offered by funeral directors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will introduce a statutory code to promote good practice in the services offered by funeral directors.
Asked by
Ian Lucas
(Labour)
Answered by
Norman Lamb
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
26 March 2012
For answer on
16 April 2012
Answered on
17 April 2012
The Government are committed to reducing regulation, and there are no plans to introduce statutory consumer codes. We believe that voluntary codes such as the Consumer Code Accreditation Scheme (CCAS) currently run by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) provide assurances to consumers about the quality of the service they are buying.On 11 April 2012, the Government published their response to the consultation on Empowering and Protecting Consumers. We are inviting the Trading Standards Institute (TSI) to establish a successor to the Consumer Code Approval Scheme (CCAS) from April 2013 on a self-funding basis. In the meantime, the OFT will continue to maintain the CCAS for existing members and progress well-advanced applications. Discussions with code sponsors are continuing on the development of the new scheme and the TSI will be consulting widely on a mechanism for self-funding.Although there is no existing consumer code for funeral services, both the National Society of Allied & Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF) and the National Association of Funeral Directors (NADF) operate codes of practice. I encourage SAIF and NADF to consider whether to develop a consumer code for their industry, working with the TSI.
Subjects
Codes of practice; Conduct; Funerals
Date
17 April 2012
Reference
102421; 543 c334-5W
House
House of Commons