Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will introduce a fair funerals pledge to obligate funeral directors to advertise their lowest-price funeral packages.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the UK’s independent competition authority, has recently launched a market study into the funerals market. The study will investigate whether the practices of funeral directors around transparency of pricing information prevents people from making informed choices when purchasing funeral services. It will consider what further help can be provided to support those already facing very challenging circumstances.

The Government is committed to ensuring well functioning markets and will consider the recommendations of the CMA upon conclusion of the study.