Children's Funeral Costs (EDM775)

Children's Funeral Costs

EDM number 775 in 2016-17, proposed by Carolyn Harris on 07/12/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Children and families, Death and Funerals.

That this House notes that approximately 5,000 infants and children pass away each year in the UK; further notes that the cost of children's funerals imposes a significant and unexpected financial burden on bereaved parents; recognises that some local authorities, as well as religious officiants and undertakers, currently waive all or a proportion of the fees associated with children's funerals; further recognises that many individuals, community groups and schools undertake fundraising to cover such funeral costs; acknowledges that the total annual cost of fees associated with children's funerals is Â£10 million; and calls on the Government to establish a specific fund, from which local authorities can draw, to pay the costs associated with children's funerals.

This motion has been signed by a total of 169 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Carolyn Harris	07/12/2016	Swansea East	Labour	Proposed
Jeremy Corbyn	07/12/2016	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Tom Watson	07/12/2016	West Bromwich East	Labour	Seconded
John McDonnell	07/12/2016	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Nick Brown	07/12/2016	Newcastle upon Tyne East	Labour	Seconded
Diane Abbott	07/12/2016	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Seconded
Debbie Abrahams	07/12/2016	Oldham East and Saddleworth	Labour	Signed
Kate Osamor	07/12/2016	Edmonton	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Dawn Butler	07/12/2016			Signed
Nigel Evans	07/12/2016	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Gerald Jones	07/12/2016	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	07/12/2016	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Chris Elmore	07/12/2016	Ogmore	Labour	Signed
Jo Stevens	07/12/2016	Cardiff Central	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	07/12/2016	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	07/12/2016	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Teresa Pearce	07/12/2016	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	07/12/2016	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jim Shannon	08/12/2016	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Marie Rimmer	08/12/2016	St Helens South and Whiston	Labour	Signed
Jess Phillips	08/12/2016	Birmingham, Yardley	Labour	Signed
Neil Coyle	08/12/2016	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	Labour	Signed
Angela Rayner	08/12/2016	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Nick Thomas-Symonds	08/12/2016	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Liz Saville Roberts	08/12/2016	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Barbara Keeley	12/12/2016	Worsley and Eccles South	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	12/12/2016	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Tracy Brabin	12/12/2016	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Jessica Morden	12/12/2016	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	12/12/2016	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Catherine McKinnell	12/12/2016	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Dakin	12/12/2016	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	12/12/2016	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	12/12/2016	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	12/12/2016	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	12/12/2016	Harrow West	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	12/12/2016	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Cooper	12/12/2016	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	12/12/2016	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Tom Blenkinsop	12/12/2016	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Kate Green	12/12/2016	Stretford and Urmston	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	12/12/2016	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Margaret Hodge	12/12/2016	Barking	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	12/12/2016	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	12/12/2016	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
David Lammy	12/12/2016	Tottenham	Labour	Signed
Gavin Robinson	12/12/2016	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Gloria De Piero	12/12/2016	Ashfield	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	12/12/2016	Knowsley	Labour	Signed
Paula Sherriff	12/12/2016	Dewsbury	Labour	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	12/12/2016	Poplar and Limehouse	Labour	Signed
David Hanson	12/12/2016	Delyn	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	12/12/2016	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	12/12/2016	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Yvonne Fovargue	12/12/2016	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	12/12/2016	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Nick Smith	12/12/2016	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	12/12/2016	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	12/12/2016	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
George Kerevan	12/12/2016	East Lothian	Scottish National Party	Signed
Fiona Mactaggart	12/12/2016	Slough	Labour	Signed
Jim McMahon	12/12/2016	Oldham West and Royton	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	12/12/2016	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nia Griffith	12/12/2016	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Chuka Umunna	12/12/2016	Streatham	Labour	Signed
Tristram Hunt	12/12/2016	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Rosena Allin-Khan	12/12/2016	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Mhairi Black	12/12/2016	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stephen McCabe	12/12/2016	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Keir Starmer	12/12/2016	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Stella Creasy	12/12/2016	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	12/12/2016	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	12/12/2016	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Angela Crawley	12/12/2016	Lanark and Hamilton East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Philippa Whitford	12/12/2016	Central Ayrshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Hannah Bardell	12/12/2016	Livingston	Scottish National Party	Signed
Richard Arkless	12/12/2016	Dumfries and Galloway	Scottish National Party	Signed
Vicky Foxcroft	12/12/2016	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
John McNally	12/12/2016	Falkirk	Scottish National Party	Signed
Phil Boswell	12/12/2016	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Scottish National Party	Signed
Patricia Gibson	12/12/2016	North Ayrshire and Arran	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Monaghan	12/12/2016	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Scottish National Party	Signed
Tommy Sheppard	12/12/2016	Edinburgh East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ronnie Cowan	12/12/2016	Inverclyde	Scottish National Party	Signed
Corri Wilson	12/12/2016	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Scottish National Party	Signed
Neil Gray	12/12/2016	Airdrie and Shotts	Scottish National Party	Signed
Holly Walker-Lynch	12/12/2016	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	12/12/2016	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jonathan Edwards	12/12/2016	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	12/12/2016	Mitcham and Morden	Labour	Signed
John Spellar	12/12/2016	Warley	Labour	Signed
Naseem Shah	12/12/2016	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	13/12/2016	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Lisa Nandy	13/12/2016	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Michael Dugher	13/12/2016	Barnsley East	Labour	Signed
Owen Smith	13/12/2016	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Lilian Greenwood	13/12/2016	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Thangam Debbonaire	13/12/2016	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Anna Turley	13/12/2016	Redcar	Labour/Co-operative	Signed
Wes Streeting	13/12/2016	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Chris Matheson	13/12/2016	City of Chester	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	13/12/2016	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	13/12/2016	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Ian Lavery	13/12/2016	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	13/12/2016	Altrincham and Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Kevin Barron	13/12/2016	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Natalie McGarry	13/12/2016	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Emma Lewell-Buck	13/12/2016	South Shields	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	13/12/2016	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	13/12/2016	Lewisham West and Penge	Labour	Signed
Stephen Timms	13/12/2016	East Ham	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	14/12/2016	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	14/12/2016	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	14/12/2016	North Down	Independent	Signed
Ian Paisley Jnr	14/12/2016	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
Nigel Dodds	14/12/2016	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Bill Esterson	14/12/2016	Sefton Central	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	14/12/2016	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Vernon Coaker	14/12/2016	Gedling	Labour	Signed
Tom Elliott	14/12/2016	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	UUP	Signed
Danny Kinahan	14/12/2016	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Clive Betts	15/12/2016	Sheffield South East	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	15/12/2016	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Ruth Smeeth	15/12/2016	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Harriet Harman	15/12/2016	Camberwell and Peckham	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	16/12/2016	Alyn and Deeside	Labour	Signed
Margaret Greenwood	16/12/2016	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Chris Evans	16/12/2016	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Jenny Chapman	19/12/2016	Darlington	Labour	Signed
Stephen Kinnock	19/12/2016	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Helen Goodman	19/12/2016	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
David Amess	19/12/2016	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Alex Cunningham	19/12/2016	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Mary Creagh	19/12/2016	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Paul Blomfield	19/12/2016	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Karl Turner	19/12/2016	Kingston upon Hull East	Labour	Signed
Ian Murray	19/12/2016	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Sarah Champion	19/12/2016	Rotherham	Labour	Signed
Steve Rotheram	19/12/2016	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	20/12/2016	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Daniel Zeichner	20/12/2016	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Kate Hollern	20/12/2016	Blackburn	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	20/12/2016	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Campbell	20/12/2016	Tynemouth	Labour	Signed
Stewart McDonald	20/12/2016	Glasgow South	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andy Burnham	20/12/2016	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Rosie Winterton	20/12/2016	Doncaster Central	Labour	Signed
Stephen Doughty	20/12/2016	Cardiff South and Penarth	Labour	Signed
Luciana Berger	20/12/2016	Liverpool, Wavertree	Labour	Signed
Yvette Cooper	20/12/2016	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford	Labour	Signed
Justin Madders	20/12/2016	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	20/12/2016	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	09/01/2017	City of Durham	Labour	Signed
Pat Glass	09/01/2017	North West Durham	Labour	Signed
Caroline Flint	09/01/2017	Don Valley	Labour	Signed
Angela Eagle	09/01/2017	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	09/01/2017	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Owen Thompson	09/01/2017	Midlothian	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ivan Lewis	09/01/2017	Bury South	Labour	Signed
Caroline Lucas	09/01/2017	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Rupa Huq	17/01/2017	Ealing Central and Acton	Labour	Signed
Judith Cummins	18/01/2017	Bradford South	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	19/01/2017	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Grahame Morris	20/02/2017	Easington	Labour	Signed
Graham Jones	28/02/2017	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Stephen Gethins	02/03/2017	North East Fife	Scottish National Party	Signed
Colleen Fletcher	13/03/2017	Coventry North East	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/03/2017	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ian Mearns	28/03/2017	Gateshead	Labour	Signed

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