B

Baroness Browning (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 September 2026

Debate

Funeral Directors: Regulatory Regime

Contribution

My Lords, I support the Government in regulation, because what has happened in Hull has been tragic for the people concerned. We have noticed increasing television advertising for funerals without any form of ceremony or service. Of course, that is personal preference, but it looks as though the public are increasingly putting their faith in funeral directors to have sole charge of the deceased from the time they die to the time they are cremated, without necessarily having any input from people around them—of course, some people have no surviving relatives or friends—and I think that trust needs to be regulated.

More from Baroness Browning (Con)

Other recent Hansard contributions by the same speaker.

About Hansard

Hansard is the official verbatim record of proceedings in the UK Parliament. Every word spoken in the Commons and Lords is recorded and published — this page is a single contribution from that record.