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My Lords, I shall press the Minister on an issue of considerable concern a few years ago, namely the mis-selling of pre-paid funeral plans, which hardly fall into the category that he has just been referring to. He will recall, I am sure, that there was concern about the mis-selling of those plans to the most vulnerable; that is, the aged and infirm. Have the Government's actions to regulate those plans been successful?
Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
7 March 2006
Reference
679 c640
House
House of Lords
Supplementary on regulation of trade associations particularly in the funeral industry.
Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
30 November 2000
Reference
357 c1129-30
House
House of Commons

Wednesday adjournment debate on funeral services.

Lead member
Lord Chidgey
Answering member
Nigel Griffiths
Department
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Adjournment debates
Date
17 December 1997
Reference
303 c297-304
House
House of Commons

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...

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 December 1997
Reference
16704; 302 c339W
House
House of Commons

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.

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 December 1997
Reference
302 c339-40W; 18742
House
House of Commons

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of permanent jobs in the United Kingdom that are (a) directly and (b) indirectly related to the funeral industry. - Text of letter from Tim Holt of the Office for National Statistics. (Holding answer 1 December 1997).

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 December 1997
Reference
18294; 302 c169W
House
House of Commons

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...

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 December 1997
Reference
18038; 302 c160-1W
House
House of Commons

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...

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 December 1997
Reference
302 c92W; 18046;18044
House
House of Commons

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...

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 December 1997
Reference
18049; 302 c91W
House
House of Commons

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...

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 December 1997
Reference
18043; 302 c91W
House
House of Commons

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...

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 December 1997
Reference
18037; 302 c92W
House
House of Commons

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...

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 December 1997
Reference
18036; 302 c90-1W
House
House of Commons

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many cases for unfair dismissal (a) have been brought by employees of funeral director firms over the past five years and (b) are currently pending; if she will list the names of the parties to the actions; and if she...

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 December 1997
Reference
18298; 302 c92W
House
House of Commons

Business question on early day motion 504 on prepaid and at need funeral services.

Member
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Business questions
Date
27 November 1997
Reference
301 c1128
House
House of Commons

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...

Primary sponsor
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Early day motions
Date
26 November 1997
Reference
504
House
House of Commons

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.

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 November 1997
Reference
16707; 301 c191-2W
House
House of Commons

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...

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 November 1997
Reference
16705; 301 c192W
House
House of Commons

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.

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 November 1997
Reference
301 c191W; 16706
House
House of Commons

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...

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 November 1997
Reference
16703; 301 c191W
House
House of Commons

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.

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 November 1997
Reference
16708; 301 c192W
House
House of Commons