Question follow-through · 121329
Funerals: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is responsible for reforming the regulation of funeral directors.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 43 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is responsible for reforming the regulation of funeral directors.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Department of Health and Social Care will lead on co-ordinating cross-Government work to raise standards in relation to the care and treatment of the deceased, supported by the Department of Business and Trade, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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