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HANSARD Women’s FootballI will happily raise that with the Home Office, though I cannot make promises about legislation on behalf of another Department. I hope I leave hon. Members in no doubt that I am…26 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 22 allows charities to grant short-term residential tenancies to employees without Charity Commission consent by changing the definition of a “connected person” in section…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 40 gives effect to schedule 2, which contains minor and consequential amendments resulting from the Bill. Where appropriate, these amendments have been referred to and…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clauses 38 and 39 remove language that is outdated from the definition of a connected person. They also allow for secondary legislation to change this definition in the future.…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 37 extends the Charity Commission’s discretionary power to give public notice, or require a charity to give public notice, for an order under the Charities Act 2011. This…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 34 changes the types of property that are excluded from transfer during a merger. It is a technical change that clarifies charity law on mergers and removes redundant and…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 36 allows the charity tribunal to make authorised costs orders to protect trustees from individually carrying the costs of charity proceedings. An authorised costs order…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 33 enables gifts to a charity that has since merged to go to the new merged charity. It will mean that charities no longer have to maintain a shell charity on the register…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 32 represents a minor technical change that automatically confers trust corporation status on any trustee of a charitable trust that is a body corporate. It will be…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Part 3 of the Bill includes clauses 25 to 28, which relate to the Charity Commission’s power to direct a charity to change its name. The adoption by a charity of a name that is…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 23 protects buyers of charity land by resolving gaps in the wording of contracts concerning charity land transactions. This minor and technical change is necessary to save…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 24 and the associated schedule 1 simplify the Universities and College Estates Act 1925, and remove layers of administration for charities that fall under that Act. These…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 30 addresses an anomaly in the current law under which trustees can be paid for services provided to their charity for both goods and services but not for goods alone.…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 29 allows the Charity Commission to confirm that the election of a trustee that may previously have been considered defective or uncertain should be treated as if a valid…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I note the hon. Gentleman’s comments. DCMS is working with the Charity Commission on the Bill’s implementation. We will announce further information in due course. If I am able to…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clauses 9 to 13 set out a clearer definition of “permanent endowment”, removing ambiguity and providing a definition that is more in line with the sector’s understanding of the…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)On failed fundraising appeals and so-called cy-près schemes, clauses 6 and 7 expand the circumstances in which funds from a failed fundraising appeal can be applied to other…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 5 repeals part of section 73 of the Charities Act 2011, so that when a charity amends its governing document using a section 73 scheme, which is given effect by secondary…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 4 allows charities established or regulated by royal charter to amend their governing documents more easily, by providing them with a new power to amend any provision in…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 3 introduces a new power in section 280A of the Charities Act 2011, which replaces sections 267 to 280 of the 2011 Act, creating a simpler and more consistent process for…25 Jan 2022