A family were reportedly left distressed after the straps being used to lower their loved one's coffin into a grave broke and their uncle's remains fell out.
MP Jake Berry spoke out about the incident, which occurred on January 22 of this year, in Parliament on November 17 as part of an ongoing debate on regulation of funeral directors.
Mr Berry, an MP for Rossendale and Darwen, reported that the ordeal occurred at Darwen Cemetery in Lancashire, Lancs Live reports.
Mr Berry said: "The incident was caused by the snapping of the straps used to lower the coffin into the grave. After the straps snapped at the mouth of the grave, the coffin fell more than eight feet into the open grave, resulting in the exposure of the remains of the
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