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That this House notes with concern proposals by the Department of Trade and Industry to abolish the recommended retail price; deplores the intention to substantially alter the trading arrangements of the Combined Independent Holdings Group; believes that the proposed changes will encourage monopolistic tendencies which are all too prevalent in this sector; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to reconsider the implications of these proposals for both the independent electrical retailers and consumers at large.
That this House notes with concern proposals by the Department of Trade and Industry to abolish the recommended retail price; deplores the intention to substantially alter the trading arrangements of the Combined Independent Holdings Group; believes that the proposed changes will encourage monopolistic tendencies which are all too prevalent in...
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, 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, 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...
That this House notes the growing concern over allegations of widespread aggressive and predatory marketing of prepaid and at need funeral and burial services targeted at the elderly and bereaved, the lack of transparency in the ownership of seemingly family run funeral parlours and in the prices charged for their services; the lack of control over the use and management of investments into prepaid funeral plans, now exceeding ??10 million and growing rapidly and over the endorsement of these products by registered charities whose subsidiary trading companies are in receipt of commissions on sales; further notes that recommendations made by the Office of Fair Trading in 1995 to curb anti-competitive practices in the supply of funeral services have yet to be acted upon; and calls on the Government to bring forward legislation without further delay to regulate the selling and management of prepaid funeral investment plans, require total transparency in the declaration and display of ownership of funeral businesses and their charges, control the commercial activities of registered charities and their trading subsidiaries in the context of their charitable status and prohibit anti-competitive and predatory trading practices through direct selling techniques, through monopoly positions, and through exclusive commercial arrangements with nursing homes, hospices and NHS hospitals bereavement services.
That this House notes the growing concern over allegations of widespread aggressive and predatory marketing of prepaid and at need funeral and burial services targeted at the elderly and bereaved, the lack of transparency in the ownership of seemingly family run funeral parlours and in the prices charged for their...
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...
To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what contacts she has had with the Monopolies and Mergers Commission regarding the marketing and selling of pre-purchase funeral plans.
To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what contacts she has had with the Monopolies and Mergers Commission regarding the marketing and selling of pre-purchase funeral plans.
To ask the President of the Board of Trade, on how many occasions mergers and acquisitions of (a) funeral directors, (b) crematoria and (c) funeral directors and crematoria have been referred to and investigated by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission; in how many cases the Monopolies and Mergers Commission has...
To ask the President of the Board of Trade, on how many occasions mergers and acquisitions of (a) funeral directors, (b) crematoria and (c) funeral directors and crematoria have been referred to and investigated by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission; in how many cases the Monopolies and Mergers Commission has...
To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what representations she has received regarding the maintenance of fair trade practices in the marketing and selling of pre-purchase funeral plans.
To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what representations she has received regarding the maintenance of fair trade practices in the marketing and selling of pre-purchase funeral plans.