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Debate on bill on Tuesday, 8 November 2005, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Bassam of Brighton. The answering member was Lord Phillips of Sudbury.


Charities Bill [HL]

Charities Bill (HL). Lords third reading debate. Agreed to on question. Bill passed with amendments and sent to the Commons. (Part 2 of 2).


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
675 c582-608 
Session
2005-06
Department
Home Office
Legislative stage
Third reading
Procedure
New clauses
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Related items
Deposited Paper HDEP 2005/587
Wednesday, 23 November 2005
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Charities Bill [HL]
Tuesday, 8 November 2005
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords
Charities Bill (HL). As amended on Report (HL).
Tuesday, 18 October 2005
Bills
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 675 c586-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was shaking my head because the noble Lord has put it over-simply. In the normal course ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c605-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 51 to 57:"Page 152, line 42, after ““year””,”” insert—" ““(   )   before ““t...
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Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c603 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, any difficulty that might be experienced by a charity or a CIC or a CIO can be averted by ...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 675 c608 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my sincere thanks to the Minister for all that he has done and for his patience. It ...
Lord Swinfen | 675 c582-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 7:"After Clause 26, insert the following new clause—"    ““RECEIVER AND MANAGE...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c584-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it will be best if I repeat the key points that I made on Report, when the noble Lord move...
Lord Swinfen | 675 c586 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord said that I had agreed with him that some £20 million had been secured, and...
Lord Swinfen | 675 c587 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful because that clarifies the position. I was always under the impression that ...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 675 c587 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord has just given a formulation which, regrettably, is not so. If there is an ...
Lord Swinfen | 675 c587 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord very much. I think that I should sit down and shut up, too. I do n...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c587-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 8:"Page 40, line 19, after ““purposes”” insert ““(or any of the purposes)””" Th...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 675 c588 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for having taken this point on board. We have chased through, and I...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c589 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 13:"Page 42, line 28, leave out ““74A”” and insert ““74AA””" On Question, amend...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 675 c589-91 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 14:"Page 45, leave out lines 17 to 19." The noble Lord said: My Lords, I have t...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 675 c591-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is irresistible reasoning. My amendment is directed at a situation where a charity ha...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c592-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the effect of Amendment No. 14 would be that permanent endowment land held on trust to be ...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 675 c591 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, although my Amendment No. 15 is grouped with Amendment 14, it might be clearer to the Hous...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c591 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister thinks it would be wise to deal with them both together, so that we can move ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c596 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would like to be able to say, ““Yes, of course we can do that””, but the noble Lord is a...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c596 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 16:"Page 48, line 31, leave out ““and (7)”” and insert ““to (7A)””" The noble L...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 675 c593-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister, who remains courteous as ever at the end of a very long ses...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 675 c594-6 (Link to this contribution) had given notice of his intention to move Amendment No. 15:"Page 47, line 19, at end insert—" ““( ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c588-9 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 9 to 12:"Page 40, line 20, leave out ““wide enough to encompass the purposes””...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 675 c607-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, they should both be very relieved not to be lawyers. However, they have got their heads ar...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c606-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill do now pass. I ought to put on record a few thanks. Prior to ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c606 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 58 and 59:"Page 167, line 14, column 2, leave out ““29(8)”” and insert ““29(7)...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 675 c607 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his kind words and endorse all the thanks that he proffered. It w...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 675 c601 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish to ask the Minister a question about Amendment No. 38. It removes paragraphs (a) an...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c600-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 37:"Page 105, line 20, at end insert—"Accounting records 1A   (1)   The charit...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c601 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that the noble Lord is correct on the last point—that is my recollection, too. Reg...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c598-9 (Link to this contribution) had given notice of his intention to move Amendment No. 34:"Page 78, line 3, leave out ““the context...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c598 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 33:"Page 77, line 24, after first ““or”” insert ““other””" The noble Lord said:...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c599-600 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 36:"Page 102, line 32, after ““2005,”” insert—" ““(   )   any other enactment ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c599 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 35:"Page 78, line 32, leave out ““or repeal”” and insert ““, repeal or revocatio...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c596-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 17:"Page 48, line 33, leave out ““whereby”” and insert ““in connection with whic...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c597-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 24 to 32:"Page 49, line 9, at end insert—" ““(6A)   If a vesting declaration...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c597 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 18 to 23:"Page 48, line 35, after ““exist”” insert ““, or is to cease to exist...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 675 c605 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for these amendments. They are in much the same form as those that I moved p...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c604-5 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 50:"Page 147, line 19, at end insert—"    ““After section 19B (inserted by sec...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c603-4 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 49:"Page 142, leave out lines 7 to 10 and insert—" ““““(8)   The Comptroller a...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c603 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 48:"Page 122, line 41, leave out ““and registered societies”” and insert ““, reg...
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 675 c603 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, could I just search out a little truth from the Minister? Subsection (2) of Amendment No. ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c602-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 47:"Page 118, line 22, at end insert—" ““69IA   CONVERSION OF COMMUNITY INTERE...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c602 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 44 to 46:"Page 110, line 20, after ““both”” insert ““a copy of””""Page 110, li...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c602 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 43:"Page 110, line 19, after ““the”” insert ““copy of the””" The noble Lord sai...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 675 c601-2 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 38 to 42:"Page 106, line 41, leave out from beginning to end of line 6 on page...
Subjects
Staff Complaints Compensation Clubs Charities Audit Community interest companies Charity Commission Charitable donations Civil servants Insolvency Gifts and endowments Income Private education Pay Property transfer Management Mergers Ombudsman Regulation Registration Tax allowances Sports Charity Tribunal
Legislation
Charities Bill (HL) 2005-06
Link
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