Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way before going into more detail. I fully appreciate the need ...

My hon. Friend is right to suggest that we are seeking as much simplicity as we can get, but I wi...

Small charities in my constituency include the Leasowes walled garden project, which is part of t...

My hon. Friend might be interested to know that Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has a team that...

While I fully support the point that the Minister makes, I can conceive of a time when it is deci...

Clearly, all the points that colleagues make on Second Reading will be carefully considered and d...

I welcome that decision by the Government. I should say, as I tabled an amendment to the original...

Text messages can, as my hon. Friend knows, be gift aided, so we do not expect problems in that r...

I support the Bill, and I am grateful to the Minister for her explanation, but does she accept th...

Perhaps that is something that we can look at in more detail in Committee.

These are import...

There is a lot of merit in the Bill, which reaches out to ensure that smaller charities benefit f...

I have already mentioned HMRC’s outreach work, which I will certainly be encouraging. More promot...

Can the Minister confirm that what she has said is that credits will be available for each child,...

I might have to come back to the hon. Gentleman on the latter point about the comparison, because...

It is a pleasure to debate opposite the Minister today, as always.

The Bill primarily makes...

Quite often in these debates, we hear the House of Commons Library quoted, but very rarely do we ...

I certainly would. If the hon. Gentleman contacts my office directly, I shall be happy to have a ...

I have to declare an interest, as I am sure will many Members who are present, as a Member of Par...

I am a fairly new Member of Parliament and was not here when the Small Charitable Donations Act 2...

The hon. Lady is making a thoughtful and constructive speech and highlights some of the challenge...

I would worry about the unintended consequences for anti-fraud legislation—I would not want to sc...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker; it is great to catch your eye. It has been a while since I spoke fr...

Does my hon. Friend not agree that there are some tremendous small charities founded in our commu...

I thank my hon. Friend for pulling me up. In fact, round the corner from my office is a charity t...

It would probably help my hon. Friend to know that we have reformed the self-regulation of charit...

I thank my hon. Friend for that; perhaps he will take this as a complaint from a humble member of...

My hon. Friend is making an amusing but serious point. If I am fortunate enough to catch your eye...

I entirely agree with my hon. Friend that some charities are struggling and that there is a const...

My hon. Friend is making a series of good points about the impact that the Bill could have on sma...

Order. I know that the hon. Gentleman is doing a Whip’s job, and I do not mind that, but what we ...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, My hon. Friend suffers from having far too many ideas, and I look f...

Order. It might help if we heard them over a period rather than all in one go. That would help th...

I am sorry, Mr Deputy Speaker. I in no way meant to challenge your ruling, but I did want to deal...

rose—

One of our excellent Ministers leaps to her feet.

I hope I can reassure my hon. Friend and, indeed, the whole House that this is a very positive me...

The Minister takes me back to my own bob-a-job days in the Scouts. There was the Whip thinking th...

Contrary to what has been suggested, Mr Deputy Speaker, this is not a bob-a-job contribution. Doe...

Another point is that charitable giving then begins to be inculcated in young people in particula...

Before my hon. Friend moves on from the question of cash amounts, does he agree that £20 is a sen...

I do not know how to say this gently—no, I do not think that that is a sensible amount. I underst...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for being patient about this point. Can he not see that the amoun...

To review is sensible, but I think that the process should be carried out periodically to take ac...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East (James Duddridge)...

I am very pleased to follow the hon. Member for Clwyd South (Susan Elan Jones) who made some very...

Does my hon. Friend agree that it is fantastic that the changes in the Bill also include communit...

I welcome that intervention. I will come on to sports clubs. I know that my hon. Friend is sporty...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Of course I will give way to another hon. Friend from the west country.

While my hon. Friend is on about sport, may the Bill not help Somerset win the county championshi...

I know that my hon. Friend was down at the county ground not very long ago, because I had so many...

This is not just about fantastic sporting charities. I am sure that colleagues will be able to li...

I agree with my hon. Friend. I will come on to a bit in my speech about that because I want to me...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Would my hon. Friend mind if I ploughed on just for a minute? I will lose my train of thought. Wo...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Taunton Deane (Rebecca Pow), who rightly says that...

Does my hon. Friend remember that among the examples of charities that the small charitable donat...

Yes, the hon. Lady is exactly right. Members in all parts of the Committee raised many pertinent,...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Foyle (Mark Durkan). He and I often have many comm...

It is a pleasure to support a Bill that, although pretty straightforward and simple in outlook, a...

It gives me great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Somerton and Frome (David Warb...

It is a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for North East Hampshire (Mr Jayawarde...

My hon. Friend is giving an excellent speech. Does he agree that the key point to remember is tha...

I could not agree more with my hon. Friend, who makes an excellent point. The Bill will help all ...

My hon. Friend makes an important point about cutting bureaucracy and time. Often, small charitie...

I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s timely intervention and will come to exactly that point in one...

It is a pleasure to follow so many fantastic contributions from Members on both sides of the Hous...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the scrapping of the two-year rule will prove invaluable for new c...

I agree entirely with my hon. Friend. In that sense, charities are a little bit like small busine...

When my hon. Friend goes to different events across his constituency, does he find that the same ...

Absolutely; I agree entirely. I was just thinking about the fantastic work done, often in hazardo...

My hon. Friend talks about how charities are supported by volunteers and professionals working to...

I agree entirely. That support network is often vital and it really sustains people. People who r...

May I begin by thanking all hon. Members who have made such valuable contributions to today’s deb...

Does the shadow Minister agree that the call should be to ensure that the appropriate due diligen...

I completely understand that. At the end of the day, the process has to be sufficiently robust to...

I think you will agree, Mr Speaker, that this has been an entertaining and enlightening debate. S...

The Minister mentions the benefit to charities of what are effectively business rate exemptions. ...

I have not had a chance to look into it myself, but I am sure that the Financial Secretary will b...

The changes in the eligibility criteria will make things easier for the charities that already cl...

I think that the proof of the pudding will be in the eating. We constantly keep these matters und...

On the point about charities acting fraudulently, does the Minister not see that the charities th...

I want to stay on the subject of fraud, because we must guard carefully against it in the legisla...