Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill [HL]

My Lords, Amendment 6 is the sole amendment dealing with Clause 8 of the Bill, which is a compara...

My Lords, as one who was a member of the Joint Committee under the excellent chairmanship of the ...

My Lords, I, too, will keep my remarks relatively brief, by reason of the conclusion that I have ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for his remarks. It is worth adding that the wording of...

Moved by

Baroness Barker

8: Clause 9, page 8, leave out lines 26 and 27

My Lords, Clause 9, which gives the power automatically to disqualify somebody from being a trust...

My Lords, I understand the noble Baroness’s concerns on this point and why she feels this may be ...

My Lords, I shall add a few words based on the Joint Committee’s report. The noble Baroness, Lady...

My Lords, it is a sobering day even to discuss something with the word “terrorism” in it. I note ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, for her explanation of this amendment...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that characteristically considered answer. It was helpful to h...

My Lords, I argue that Clause 9 should not stand part of the Bill. I do so not because we do not ...

My Lords, I support the probing questions of my noble friend Lord Watson of Invergowrie. At sever...

My Lords, I draw attention to the last two sentences of paragraph 183 of the Joint Committee’s re...

My Lords, having also been a member of the Joint Committee, I support the need for flexibility on...

My Lords, it is worth noting that this issue is not new. Anybody who can remember the 1970s knows...

My Lords, this debate is clearly overshadowed by the horrific and terrible events in Tunisia, Fra...

Moved by

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

12: After Clause 12, insert the following ne...

My Lords, Amendment 12 stands in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Watson. It effectively ...

My Lords, my noble friend has put a powerful case before the Committee. I have to say to the Mini...

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Hayter in her amendment to reaffirm the independence of ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions, which were clearly eloquent and heartf...

On that matter, the Minister invited Members of this House and others to meet the Ministers invol...

My Lords, I am happy to give the noble Lord an assurance that I will raise this matter with the n...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. The Minister should really tha...

Moved by

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

13: After Clause 12, insert the following ne...

My Lords, this amendment is also in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Watson of Invergowri...

My Lords, I have listened carefully to the noble Baroness, and I understand the frustration and d...

Will the noble Lord accept that when I moved the amendment, I said that I was talking about chari...

That is absolutely right. The noble Baroness did say that, but her amendment says, “All fundraisi...

My Lords, I agree to a certain extent with what the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, said. He has wrestl...

My Lords, we are all understandably concerned about the reports of the fundraising activities use...

I thank the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, and the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson. Before I...

The danger about moving as the noble Baroness says is that when in two years from now there is a ...

My Lords, I would like to follow that up by saying that I think that the noble Baroness, Lady Hay...

It is clear that the distance between us is very small. My worry concerns the idea that we will n...

I believe that this may be a convenient moment for the Committee to adjourn until 3.45 pm on Wedn...