Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Adrian Bailey (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Monday, 28 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 33 members in total.

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PRIVATE ACTION, PUBLIC BENEFIT

That this House welcomes the recommendations listed in The Cabinet Office's strategy unit report 'Private Action, Public Benefit - A Review of Charities and the Wider Not-for-Profit Sector'; notes that among the recommendations the Report calls for the modernisation of laws governing co-operatives and community benefit societies and recommends that community benefit societies should also have the option, following a vote of members, to be able to choose to protect their assets in perpetuity for a public purpose and prohibit conversion into a company, thus enabling them to provide public services at a community level; and urges the Government to introduce legislation in the next Queen's Speech to push forward reform of charities and the wider not-for-profit sector.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1818 

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Charities Community development Cooperatives Friendly societies Voluntary organisations

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk