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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

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Bereavement benefits inquiry

Inquiry by the Work and Pensions Committee, 21 October 2015 to 22 June 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 6 January 2016: Lucy Coulbert, Managing Director, The Individual Funeral Company, Coulbert Family Funerals, Nigel Lymn Rose, National Association of Funeral Directors, Mohamed Omer, Muslim Council of Great Britain, Melvyn Hartog, United Synagogue
  • 13 January 2016: Paul Gray, Chair, Professor John Ditch, Social Security Advisory Committee, and Alison Penny, Coordinator, Childhood Bereavement Network.
  • 27 January 2016: Simon Cox, Royal London Group; Baroness Altmann CBE, Minister of State for Pensions, Michelle Dyson, Director, Children Families and Disadvantage, and Pete Searle, Director, Working Age, Department for Work and Pensions (at 10.00am).