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Further to answer of Earl Ferrers on 1 February 1993 (542 c1WA), if there is any good reason why commissioners should not establish a scheme seeing that trustees made required statutory application on 2 Sept 1987 & commissioners are under statutory obligation to establish it under Section 1(5)(b) & Section...

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Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 March 1993
Reference
543 c40WA
House
House of Lords

Further to 542 c1WA whether in place of former rule that Attorney-General is a necessary party, it is now rule that Charity Commissioners are a necessary party to the legal proceedings with reference to charities or property or affairs of charities, & only with their consent.

Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 February 1993
Reference
542 c66-7WA
House
House of Lords

Whether Section 28 of the Charities Act 1992, enables the Charity Commissioners to take over the position formerly occupied by the Attorney-General as the representative of the Crown in regard to charitable trusts; & whether the Charity Commissioners themselves will now take legal proceedings to protect the old school premises...

Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 February 1993
Reference
542 1WA
House
House of Lords

Further to 538 c71WA if researches of Charity Commissioners have shown or will show that statements in para 76 of report of Charity Commissioners for 1988 were inaccurate & incomplete in that sales orders were made under Section 23 of Charities Act 1960 which expressly provides that no such order...

Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 July 1992
Reference
539 c42WA
House
House of Lords

Further to 537 c86WA, whether the reply of the Charity Commissioners on 2 June was inadequate & whether HMG will now supply copies of the relevant documents, as requested on 8 June.

Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 July 1992
Reference
538 c71WA
House
House of Lords

Further to 538 c18WA whether the provisions in Sections 32(1) & 33(1),(2) & (6) of the Charities Act 1992 confirm & show that Charity Trustees have no power of sale of trust property except by recourse to Section 23 of the Charities Act 1960 or by an order of the...

Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 July 1992
Reference
538 c57WA
House
House of Lords

Whether the Charity Commissioners are right in their view expressed in a letter dated 2nd June 1992 that Section 29, subsection (1), of the Settled Land Act 1925 confers on charity trustees a power of sale of trust property without recourse to Section 23 of the Charities Act 1960 &...

Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 1992
Reference
538 c18WA
House
House of Lords

Whether HMG will require the Charity Commissioners to consider & answer the point on their report for 1988 (Particularly paragraph 76) raised in a letter to them of 23rd March.

Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 June 1992
Reference
537 c86WA
House
House of Lords

Further to the Answers of the Baroness Blatch on 26th June at 530 c44WA & 530 c91WA whether the opening words of Section 2(4) of the Education Act 1973, "Subject to any provision affecting the endowment of any Public General Act of Parliament", does make remaining words subject to any...

Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 July 1991
Reference
531 c64WA
House
House of Lords

Whether in respect of the Hollandfen School in Lincolnshire, an application by the Trustees of the Charity Commissioners for a cy-pres scheme under Section 13(5) of the Charities Act 1960 takes precedence over an application by the Diocesan authorities to the Sec of State under Section 2(4) of the Education...

Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 July 1991
Reference
531 c64-5WA
House
House of Lords

Further to the Answer of the Earl Ferrers on 1st July at 530 c49-50WA, whether, irrespective of their own wishes, the trustees are not bound to proceed with the application, having regard to the decision in Poor's case 1891, 3 Ch 400, & the words of Section 1(5)(b) of the...

Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 July 1991
Reference
531 c9-10WA
House
House of Lords

Further to Answer of Baroness Blatch on 26th June at 530 c44WA, whether property & funds of Barkestone School are still vested in the Official Custodian for Charities & whether, by reason of Section 17(1) of the Charities Act 1960 & Section 4 of the Public Trustee Act 1906, the...

Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 July 1991
Reference
531 c1WA
House
House of Lords

Whether the Charity Commissioners are in the course of establishing, under Section 21 of the Charities Act 1960, a scheme for the administration of the charity relating to Upton Grey School in Hampshire; whether they have failed to acknowledge or reply to letters & representations duly made to them under...

Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 July 1991
Reference
530 c76WA
House
House of Lords

Whether the Charity Commissioners should take steps to resolve the future of the old Junior School at Whitchurch in Hampshire which has been closed for the last 18 years; whether on 2nd Sept 1987 the Charity Commissioners received a valid application to establish a scheme under Sections 1(5)(b) & 2(3)...

Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 July 1991
Reference
530 c49-50WA
House
House of Lords

Further to the Answers of Baroness Blatch on 28th March & 7th May, whether the trustees of the Barkestone Church of England School made a valid application to the Charity Commissioners for cy-pres scheme dated 30th March 1990 & why the Charity Commissioners did not proceed with it & diverted...

Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 May 1991
Reference
529 c14WA
House
House of Lords

If, in view of prolonged dispute between local authorities & inhabitants of Huntingdon over future of Spring Common, Charity Commissioners should institute inquiry under Section 6 of Charities Act 1960 with regard to charity known as Freemen & Widows of Freemen of Huntingdon & its assets, with particular reference to...

Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 May 1991
Reference
529 c7WA
House
House of Lords
Further to 521 c256,36 in respect of those schools which were sold without any scheme, whether Charity Commissioners have any information as to those sales & what was done with proceeds of sales & if they have no such information, whether they will take steps to obtain it.
Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
24 July 1990
Reference
521 c1450
House
House of Lords
If further to Answer at 520 c2253 circular was submitted in draft to Charity Commissioners in shape of proposed guidelines & was commented on by them & was afterwards referred to by many as Charity Commissioners guidelines giving rise to belief that they had authorised it.
Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
17 July 1990
Reference
521 c857
House
House of Lords
Further to last sentence in Answer at 520 c2253 if general jurisdiction is limited in case of a local charity in a rural parish by provisions in Sections 18(12), 21(1) & 45(1), of Charities Act 1960 to area of benefit described in Section 45(1).
Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
17 July 1990
Reference
521 c857
House
House of Lords
Further to last sentence of answer at 520 c1607, whether jurisdiction of Charity Commissioners under Section 18 of Charities Act 1960 to make schemes in respect of a local charity was limited to the area of benefit prescribed in trust deed & did not extend to whole diocese; & whether there were many schools sold without any such schemes at all
Asked by
Lord Denning (Crossbench)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
10 July 1990
Reference
521 c256
House
House of Lords