I recently had the opportunity to visit Llanelli crematorium to see the improvements that have been made in recent months and to discuss a number of key issues. I was particularly interested in visiting Llanelli Crematorium after my colleague Carolyn Harris MP had highlighted the plight of families who had lost a child then struggling with funeral costs, and I am supporting her in her campaign for the Government to provide financial assistance for councils to cover children’s funeral costs. I was very pleased to hear that Llanelli Crematorium does not charge for children’s funerals, and I visited the special area of the grounds that has been set aside to commemorate children who have died. The death of a child is particularly tragic, and whilst we cannot take away the family’s grief, we should support them with funeral costs and a place of dignity to remember their loss.
