Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Baroness Maddock (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 17 July 1995, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 55 members in total.

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INTEGRITY OF SHELTER

That this House welcomes the apology printed in the Sunday Times on 16th July, for an article on 2nd July which falsely accused Shelter of 'misusing money donated by the public'; recognises the climb-down made by the Sunday Times which now admits that Shelter is at 'the forefront of the fight against homelessness'; regrets any harm done to Shelter by the article and subsequent adverse publicity which impeded the essential work it undertakes; and urges the media not to adopt the soft option of falsely accusing charities as it reflects badly on themselves and is detrimental to the important work undertaken on behalf of dependent individuals.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1423 

Session

1994-95

Subjects

Charities Voluntary organisations The Sunday Times Shelter

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk