Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 17 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 20 members in total.

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PUBLIC FUNDRAISING REGULATORY ASSOCIATION AND CHARITY COLLECTIONS

That this House urges caution in dealing with the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association (PFRA) on the part of all those in local authorities, town centre management and retail groups with authority to allow direct debit collections for charity, because in spite of its name, PFRA does not operate any serious regulatory standards on the way its member bodies run such collections; notes that its main functions appear to be to promote bookings for direct debit collections by its member bodies, and to do general lobbying, further notes that its voluntary code of conduct is at variance with, and falls far short of, the good practice recommended by the Home Office in its Statement of Guidance issued in November 2003 on the declaration of fundraisers' expenses in collections; and regrets the false impression that has been widely spread that PFRA is a public authority, because its name has often been incorrectly shown as an authority rather than an association.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

516 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Charities Payments Collections Direct debits

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk