Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill [HL]

My Lords, this amendment is in my name as well as that of my noble friend Lady Deech. Since we mo...

My Lords, I made my views about this amendment known in Committee, and they have not changed. I l...

My Lords, the noble Baroness has made a very important point. It is conceivable that we should di...

I support this amendment. My noble friend Lord Deben spoke of an implicit goodness on the part of...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, and the noble Lord, Lord Bew, for their thought...

I am grateful to the Minister for his conversations with us and for the very valuable suggestion ...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

19: After Clause 12, insert the following new Claus...

My Lords, we return to a simplified version of amendments which the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, an...

My Lords, I shall speak to the amendment on the important question of the relationship between in...

My Lords, nobody can dispute—

My Lords, I am loath to interrupt the noble Lord, except I think he is bringing matters to a conc...

My Lords, we had a long debate on this and I do not intend to detain the House long. This amendme...

My Lords, various noble Lords have mentioned in the debate today that there are good examples of ...

My Lords, I believe that there is one further contribution before—

Front Bench!

On Report, it is allowed.

My Lords, I have a small point to make. I declare an interest as chairman of a foundation school,...

My Lords, I speak in support of the principles of this amendment. I urge the Minister to spend mo...

My Lords, I begin by declaring, or rather repeating, my interests as a former general secretary o...

My Lords, I have the greatest respect for the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, especially on sport-rela...

My Lords, I start by saying that I remain strongly in sympathy with the aims of the noble Lords w...

My Lords, this has been an important debate and a number of noble Lords, as well as the Minister,...

Moved by

Baroness Barker

20: Clause 13, page 16, line 19, leave out “both” and insert...

My Lords, we move on to the issue of social investment, one which we spent considerable time deli...

My Lords, I shall be exceptionally brief. I hope that my noble friend will be able to reassure us...

My Lords, given that this is the first time that social investment has been defined in statute, p...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, for tabling Amendments 20 to 24. Taking time to consider...

I thank the Minister for that answer. I think that we are edging closer to a common position. If ...

Moved by

Lord Bridges of Headley

25: Clause 13, page 16, line 36, at end insert—

My Lords, it is to government amendments to Clause 13, relating to the definition of social inves...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 30 and 31, which are amendments to government Amendment 29....

My Lords, I am in the unusual position of having heard the Minister’s reply before we move our am...

I rise briefly to thank my noble friend for the trouble that he has taken over this. The sector s...

My Lords, on the first day of this month in Committee, I said:

“It is important for the Bil...

My Lords, first, I apologise for getting carried away with excitement so that I gave my answer be...

Moved by

Lord Bridges of Headley

26: Clause 13, page 16, line 37, after “that” insert...

Moved by

Lord Bridges of Headley

27: Clause 13, page 17, leave out lines 17 to 21 and...

Moved formally.

My Lords, the House might find it useful to hear from the noble Lord, Lord Bridges, on the Govern...

My Lords, these amendments are about the royal charter charities, so they are very different. We ...

My Lords, if I am right, I will address Amendments 26 and 28, which relate to very minor improvem...

My Lords, it was very helpful of the noble Lord to give us that explanation of Amendments 26 and ...

My Lords, forgive me. I thought that I had addressed that in what I have just said but, clearly, ...

My Lords, the noble Lord has made it clear to the House that certain charities established by roy...

Moved by

Lord Bridges of Headley

28: Clause 13, page 17, line 24, leave out “this Par...

Moved by

Lord Bridges of Headley

29: Clause 13, page 17, line 33, at end insert “, ha...

Moved by

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

32: Clause 13, page 18, line 3, at end insert...

My Lords, the horses are heading for the stables so I will be brief. I have retabled this amendme...

My Lords, first, I apologise to the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, and others for my slight confusi...

I am grateful to my noble friend. I cannot say fairer than that, particularly at 8.48 pm. I thank...

Moved by

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

33: After Clause 13, insert the following new...

My Lords, I am going for a third major prize now. I have retabled this amendment, which proposes ...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Hodgson has fought the corner of rationalising Charity Tribunal ap...

I am grateful to my noble friend for his extensive response and kind remarks. I understand that m...

Moved by

Baroness Barker

34: Clause 14, page 18, line 19, after “donations,” insert—<...

My Lords, we come to the last group of amendments on the list of groupings, although the noble Ba...

My Lords, I am in the surprising and mildly embarrassing position of having to say to the Ministe...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, for explaining the rationale behind h...

My Lords, I am disappointed that the significant change to the substance and purpose of the Bill ...

Moved by

Lord Bridges of Headley

35: Clause 14, page 18, line 23, leave out from “apa...

My Lords, there is a printing error in Amendment 37. It should refer to “provision”, not “provisi...