I apologise to the Minister, who will not have anticipated my bobbing up for two minutes.

I commend the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier) for securing the debate. Like her, I have been contacted by numerous constituents who had Safe Hands policies and are in deep distress....

I apologise to the Minister, who will not have anticipated my bobbing up for two minutes.

I commend the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier) for securing the debate. Like her, I have been contacted by numerous constituents who had Safe Hands policies and are in deep distress....

I beg to move,

That this House has considered funeral poverty.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Sir David. Whenever I come to this Chamber, you seem to be in the Chair, so it is nice to see the tradition maintained. It is also a pleasure to...

I beg to move,

That this House has considered funeral poverty.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Sir David. Whenever I come to this Chamber, you seem to be in the Chair, so it is nice to see the tradition maintained. It is also a pleasure to...

My hon. Friend is right. None of us really wants to think about what we will do when the reality presents itself to us and we have a funeral to organise. Not only do we have to process the emotions that we inevitably feel, but there is an entire series...

My hon. Friend is right. None of us really wants to think about what we will do when the reality presents itself to us and we have a funeral to organise. Not only do we have to process the emotions that we inevitably feel, but there is an entire series...

I am happy to, although I was just about to finish.

I am happy to, although I was just about to finish.

I suspect that we are closer to agreement than the hon. Lady might realise. I know what a simple funeral would look like and I know what its pricing

structure would be; I just get a little nervous about tying the social fund funeral payment to that precise model. There...

I suspect that we are closer to agreement than the hon. Lady might realise. I know what a simple funeral would look like and I know what its pricing

structure would be; I just get a little nervous about tying the social fund funeral payment to that precise model. There...

Motion that this House has considered funeral poverty. Motion lapsed. Sitting adjourned without question put.

Motion that this House has considered funeral poverty. Motion lapsed. Sitting adjourned without question put.

I am listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman’s diatribe, and to his list of privatised utilities. May I suggest that

he gets a new researcher? EDF stands for Électricité de France and it has been French for as long as it has existed. Please will he get a new researcher,...

I am listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman’s diatribe, and to his list of privatised utilities. May I suggest that

he gets a new researcher? EDF stands for Électricité de France and it has been French for as long as it has existed. Please will he get a new researcher,...