Yvonne Pryce and Val Williams outside the Welsh Assembly
TCC leaders visited Cardiff Bay to speak to the Welsh Assembly’s Cross Party group on Funerals and Bereavement, gaining support for regulation in the funeral industry from Mark Isherwood AM and others.
TCC has been working on the issue of funerals after members found it difficult to get a pricelist from some funeral directors. Researching the issue, they found that no legally enforceable standards or regulations exist in the funeral industry. Anyone can set themselves up as a funeral director without necessarily having any qualifications or expertise.
TCC was invited to speak at the cross party group, made up of funeral industry representatives and 10 Assembly Members. This includes AM for Clwyd West Darren Millar and AM for North Wales Mark Isherwood who chairs the group.
TCC leader Yvonne Pryce said “We went to the Welsh Assembly as we are concerned that the lack of regulation in the funeral industry leaves people open to being taken advantage of at a time of bereavement, when they are very vulnerable. “We were extremely pleased with the response from the cross party group, who agreed that more needs to be done to bring standards in across the funeral industry.”
