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Proceeding contribution from Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 October 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill on Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [Lords].


Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill [Lords]

These are important points to explore, but does my hon. Friend accept that the reason for the inclusion of the English provision in the Bill is presumably that there is not yet devolved government in England? Some of us wish that there was, and hope that there will be, but there is none yet. Secondly, would it not be unfortunate if the money that the Government had led people to believe would be used for youth provision were suddenly to be diverted from that area? This has been trailed for a very long time and there is no statutory guarantee of funds. I can assure my hon. Friend that many people and organisations firmly believe—the Bishop of Chelmsford made a good case for this in the other place—that revenue, as well as and probably more than capital funding, is needed to support good youth work, which is constrained because it does not have the funds to grow and deal with issues on the front line.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
480 c65 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Charities Assets Bank services Banks Building societies Finance Liability Investment Insolvency Young people Wills Big Lottery Fund Balance Charitable Foundation for Unclaimed Assets National Savings and Investments
Legislation
Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill (HL) 2007-08
Link
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