Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill [Lords]

I share the concerns of the hon. Member for Clwyd South (Susan Elan Jones). Does the hon. Member ...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point and I thank him for that contribution. I will make so...

I fear that under new clause 3, the hard-earned money that people donate to charities would be sp...

I am surprised that the hon. Lady presumes to know what people want to happen when they donate mo...

To reinforce that point, many people support and donate to such charities precisely because they ...

I completely share my hon. Friend’s view and am grateful for his supportive intervention.

C...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I am afraid that I am nearly at the end of my speech, so I will finish.

The lobbying legisl...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Redcar (Anna Turley) on her first speech from the Dispatch Box...

We probably know more about Roman law than trust law from our time at university, but as I recall...

Clearly, I need to take my right hon. Friend around with me in a knapsack, particularly when I am...

I am grateful for the opportunity to reaffirm some of the concerns expressed in Committee that ha...

Is the hon. Gentleman angling for an invitation to the Market Harborough Conservative club?

What a kind invitation. Were the Conservative majority in Harborough slightly more marginal, I wo...

It is a pleasure to speak after the hon. Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting). I do not agree ...

Will the hon. Gentleman acclaim that the greatest triumph of the big society was the work of its ...

As a matter of fact, I believe it was called Kids Company, not kids society. She was an individua...

It is an honour to speak in the debate. I hope not to detain the House too long. Let me first con...

I oppose new clause 3, because it seeks to alter fundamentally the way in which charities have hi...

Does the hon. Lady not agree that the way in which a charity collects and spends its money in ord...

I understand where the hon. Gentleman is coming from, but I believe that new clause 3 will encour...

It is a great pleasure to speak in today’s debate. We often have wonderful debates in this place ...

I join the hon. Member for Clwyd South (Susan Elan Jones) in thanking the many charities that do ...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I am normally very generous in giving way, but I have almost come to the end of my speech, so I w...

I am extremely grateful to be called to speak in this debate and to follow the hon. Member for Al...

My hon. Friend is making an important point. All of us as Members of Parliament will from time to...

That is an important point, and it has been illustrated well in this debate. The right hon. and l...

Charitable ends can never be justified by uncharitable means. Terrible revelations were made last...

Before getting into the detail of the proposed amendments, I would like to make a few quick point...

Given my earlier contribution, the Minister may recognise that I am slightly concerned about the ...

My right hon. Friend need not worry about the Charity Commission imposing its will on charities; ...

Will the Minister join me in congratulating the charity Unlock on working with the right hon. Gen...

I can see the trap that the hon. Gentleman is setting for me, and I am not going to walk into it....

I thank my hon. Friend for his very welcome assurances. I much look forward to the discussions th...

I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for those kind words. We will certainly work very closel...

It is important that the Minister reflects that that was a manifesto commitment—even some of us o...

I am sure the noble Lords along the corridor will have listened carefully to my right hon. Friend...

To take up that point, the right to buy affects charities, and we are debating charities legislat...

The Opposition are obviously entitled to propose whatever amendments they want as long as they ar...

I can only think that the Minister has not been listening to the debate this afternoon or in Comm...

What the hon. Gentleman says is quite extraordinary. We had this debate in Committee. It was quit...

The Minister will know that people in Northern Ireland give generously to charities. Regrettably,...

The hon. Lady is right that the Bill has been certified as England and Wales only. Northern Irela...

The Minister does not seem to grasp the point. There are national charities across the UK, of whi...

The hon. Lady makes her case strongly, and it is absolutely right that she should do so here in t...

I am sure the Minister recognises the comments that the hon. Member for North Down (Lady Hermon) ...

The representatives for Scotland were at the fundraising summit recently. This is a devolved matt...

For the sake of colleagues, I will be brief. I thank everybody for their contributions this after...

Consideration completed. I will now suspend the House for about five minutes in order to make a d...

I can now inform the House of my decision about certification. For the purposes of Standing Order...

Formally.

Even a nod from a Whip would suffice, but instead we have the full throttle of ministerial words....

I remind hon. Members that although all Members may speak in the debate, only Members representin...

On a point of order, Ms Engel. I make this point of order with a heavy heart, but I feel duty-bou...

The hon. Lady is aware that it is up to the Minister to move the motion formally or to speak to i...

Thank you very much, Ms Engel. I am grateful for that clarification, even though my vote, if we w...

I can reassure the hon. Member for North Down (Lady Hermon) that the Procedure Committee, of whic...

I will respond briefly to the comments of the hon. Member for North Down (Lady Hermon). She asked...

I am grateful to the Minister for allowing me to intervene. I want to make the point—I am sorry t...

Of course the hon. Lady is entitled to represent the views of her constituents, which is precisel...

I do not want this to become a one-way conversation, but I have to say that I do not think the pe...

It is self-evident that if the issues in the Bill relate to England and Wales, as they do, the Bi...

On a point of order, Madam Chairman. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that point of order. I remind the House that we are discussing the...

All I would say is that the decision on the consent motion is, quite rightly, Mr Speaker’s.

I remind hon. Members that if there is a Division on the consent motion, only Members representin...

Further to the point of order made by my fellow member of the Procedure Committee, my hon. Friend...

I thank the hon. Gentleman. That point has been noted.

The occupant of the Chair left the C...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

Charities are at the very heart of...

I am genuinely grateful to the Minister for allowing me to intervene on him again. In the light o...

Absolutely—we will certainly make contact with the Northern Ireland Assembly to ensure that we ca...

It has been an absolute privilege to serve on behalf of Her Majesty’s Opposition on the considera...

I am delighted to speak today on the Third Reading of this very important Bill. The Bill will pro...

I am delighted to sum up briefly on behalf of the SNP. I hope that the hon. Member for North Down...

I ask the House’s indulgence to speak about somebody who has done an amazing amount for charities...

The House will be pleased to know that I intend to keep my comments brief—I had a long session a ...