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HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 2 aligns the process for charitable incorporated organisations—CIOs—to amend their governing documents with the process in place for charitable companies. Specifically,…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for the tone that he has adopted throughout. He is absolutely right; my modus operandi in politics is, “If things aren’t party political, don’t make…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg, I believe for the first time. I want first to briefly acknowledge the task before us. These Committee sittings will…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)In answer to the first question, the hon. Member for Manchester, Withington is right that clause 25 is not based on a formal proposal in the Law Commission’s consultation.…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 41, page 30, line 15, leave out subsection (7). This amendment would remove the privilege amendment inserted by the Lords.25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The amendment removes the privilege amendment inserted in the Lords. For Bills starting in the House of Lords, a privilege amendment is included to recognise the right of this…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I would like to thank you, Mr Twigg, all the officials, stakeholders, the charities themselves, the Commissions and everybody involved in the Bill’s progress today. I thank the…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)As the hon. Gentleman would expect, in my role as the Minister for Heritage, I agree with the principles that he set out. I do not believe that that is strictly the purpose of the…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 14 repeals part 14 of the Charities Act 2011, which deals with special trusts, because most of it is now redundant. The content of section 287 of the 2011 Act, which sets…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clauses 15 and 16 allow charities to make relatively small payments where there is a moral obligation to make a payment but no legal power to do so. This can be done without…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)These clauses address some unnecessary administrative burdens, clarifying and simplifying the law around the buying and selling of charity land, and removing ineffective and…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. As we have seen in this tidying up of legislation and rules relating to charities, there is a need for constant and periodic review.…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 21 provides clarity on whether an individual associated with a charity—an employee, officer or trustee, for example—can act as the designated adviser in land disputes.…25 Jan 2022HANSARDReporting Contingent Liabilities: Guarantee to Back a Borrowing Facility for Historic Royal PalacesThe departmental minute laid today is in respect of an extension to the period whereby Government acts as a guarantor on behalf of Historic Royal Palaces for a borrowing facility…19 Jan 2022HANSARD English Football League Governance: Derby County FCThe hon. Member may be confusing two points. I am aware that there is a petition being processed at this moment in time, but today’s response was to an urgent question. I am sorry…18 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ]I beg to move, That the Committee recommends that the Charities Bill [ Lords ] ought to be read a Second time. It is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairmanship, Sir…18 Jan 2022HANSARDCharities Bill [ Lords ]I thank my opposite number, the hon. Member for Manchester, Withington, and the hon. Member for York Central, who has extensive and significant knowledge in the charitable sector…18 Jan 2022HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The proceedings so far may have seemed very dry, but I can assure hon. Members that actually what we have done is to enable potentially hundreds of millions, if not billions, of…11 Jan 2022HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Ms Ghani. I am sure you will keep us all in order. I thank colleagues on both sides of the Chamber, and…11 Jan 2022HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I will briefly respond. The hon. Members make some important points about why there is such broad support for the Bill. It is because it has such a fundamental impact on improving…11 Jan 2022