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Funeral Poverty

Proceeding contribution from Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 11 September 2018. It occurred during Debate on Funeral Poverty.

I thank all right hon. and hon. Members for taking part and for their thoughtful contributions. It is unusual to have members of four different parties all asking for the same thing.

I thank the Minister, and I welcome his tone and his openness towards moving forward, but I am a little disappointed because it would not have been difficult to guess what I would be asking for today and it would have been nice if he could have given at least some assurances or had promised that we would see some change soon. Ultimately, the only thing we will leave here knowing as an absolute certainty is that more and more people will join the thousands who struggle to provide their loved ones with this final act, and that is not good enough. The matter is an urgent one, and I press the Minister to get cracking.

Question put and agreed to.

Resolved,

That this House has considered funeral poverty.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
646 cc280-1WH 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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