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

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Support for the bereaved

Inquiry by the Work and Pensions Committee, 4 March 2019 to 5 November 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 5 June 2019: Joana Crookall, Nikki Haxton-Jones, Fiona Shakesby, Kathryn Ford, Lalena Walkley, and Joana Niemeyer, Members of Widowed and Young; Alison Penny, Director, Childhood Bereavement Network, Scott Sinclair, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Marie Curie, Sarah Gigg, Director of Nursing, Sue Ryder, and Georgia Elms, Campaign Spokesperson and former Chair, WAY Widowed & Young (at 10.15am).
  • 19 June 2019: David Collingwood, Director of Funerals, Co-op Group, Paul Allcock, UK Government Liaison - Executive Committee, National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF), Jeremy Field, Past President, National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD), Simon Cox, Head of Insight and External Affairs, Dignity
  • 17 July 2019: Will Quince MP, Minister for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance, Department for Work and Pensions, Helen Walker, Deputy Director, Children, Families and Disadvantage, Department for Work and Pensions