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I would like to hustle the Minister straight away. He mentioned the £130 million grass-roots grant. How can charitable organisations in my constituency, such as cricket and rugby clubs and the hospice movement, apply for that? To ensure that there is dynamism, will the application process be free of significant bureaucracy?
Asked by
Jamie Reed (Labour)
Answering body
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
12 December 2007
Reference
469 c285
House
House of Commons
The Minister is trying to hustle the Charity Commission into allowing the establishment of charities whose main activity is political campaigning. The Smith Institute, a registered charity, recently issued a publication that stated"““Britain is a better country because of the choices that voters made in 1997, 2001 and 2005””." [Hon. Members: ““Hear, hear.””] Labour Members make my point for me. Does the Minister think that political statements of that kind enhance or undermine public confidence in charities?
Asked by
Greg Clark (Conservative)
Answering body
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
12 December 2007
Reference
469 c284-5
House
House of Commons
Does my right hon. Friend agree that those in the voluntary sector have been pioneers in developing policy and helping the Government to do so? I am thinking especially of the hospice movement. Is my right hon. Friend aware of the work of George Thomas hospice in my constituency, which of course is named after a former Speaker?
Asked by
Julie Morgan (Labour)
Answering body
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
12 December 2007
Reference
469 c284
House
House of Commons

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office (Phil Hope) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Community Development Foundation will be the lead national partner for Grassroots Grants, the Government's programme to help develop and sustain the grant funding available to small community organisations in England....

Member
Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour)
Department
Cabinet Office
Type
Written statements
Date
12 December 2007
Reference
697 c32-3WS
House
House of Lords
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We all need diversions from temptation, and it is very important that the Mothers’ Union is providing them. My hon. Friend also makes a serious point about the diversity of the activities in which third-sector organisations engage, helping people in innumerable different ways. We want to find ways of encouraging that. Governments do not create the dynamism that comes from organisations like the Mothers’ Union, but they can help, and that is the point of the small-grants programme that we have announced today.
Answered by
Ed Miliband (Labour)
Answering body
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
12 December 2007
Reference
469 c283-4
House
House of Commons
My hon. Friend raises a big challenge for Government, and it is important that we meet it. Let me briefly say something about the way the scheme will operate. The money will be distributed by the Community Development Foundation not centrally to local organisations in his constituency, but to local partner organisations who know the circumstances on the ground. We hope that by the middle of next year, when those partners have been chosen, organisations such as those in my hon. Friend’s constituency will be able to apply for the money. I hesitate to say this, but we will make good on this promise: there should be as light a touch as possible in the application process, because that approach is incredibly important for the smallest organisations in the country.
Answered by
Ed Miliband (Labour)
Answering body
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
12 December 2007
Reference
469 c285
House
House of Commons
I have never been a hustler, and I am not about to start now. As for the question of individual charities, it is a matter for the Charity Commission and not for me. The issue of campaigning by voluntary-sector organisations is a live issue between those on the Front Benches. Our position is clear: we believe that third-sector organisations should be able to campaign for changes in the law in support of their charitable objectives. They have told us that the guidance is unclear, which is why we are pleased that the Charity Commission is rewriting its guidance. I find it sad that the hon. Gentleman is, in a way, engaged in a personal crusade to return to the position held by the Conservative party in the 1980s—one of hostility to campaigning by the voluntary sector. We want never to return to those days, and I hope that the hon. Gentleman will see reason.
Answered by
Ed Miliband (Labour)
Answering body
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
12 December 2007
Reference
469 c284-5
House
House of Commons
I too congratulate the hospice on its work in my hon. Friend’s constituency. She has made an interesting point about the way in which the voluntary sector can add to the great work done by the public services—in this case, the national health service. There is always a need to ensure that it does not replace public spending, and the Government’s approach is that it is not an excuse for them not to fund public services properly; but throughout the country, in many different ways, voluntary organisations add to the work that the public services do.
Answered by
Ed Miliband (Labour)
Answering body
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
12 December 2007
Reference
469 c284
House
House of Commons
I know that the hon. Lady takes a close interest in voluntary-sector issues, and she is right to say that we need to do what we can to encourage young people to volunteer. That is the point of the arm’s length organisation v, funded but not run by Government, which is creating new volunteering opportunities for young people all over the country. It has created 200,000 so far, and is on the way to creating a million. As the hon. Lady says, we need to encourage that culture of volunteering among both young people and middle-aged people, among whom I count myself. She will be pleased to learn that v is doing that, and I hope that it will be doing some work in her constituency.
Answered by
Ed Miliband (Labour)
Answering body
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
12 December 2007
Reference
469 c284
House
House of Commons
What assessment he has made of the contribution of the third sector to the development of social policy; and if he will make a statement. St. Theodore’s church—
Asked by
Madeleine Moon (Labour)
Answering body
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
12 December 2007
Reference
469 c283; 173050
House
House of Commons

I am announcing today that the Community Development Foundation will be the lead national partner for Grassroots Grants, the Government's programme to help develop and sustain the grant funding available to small community organisations in England. The final report of the review of the future role of the third sector...

Member
Phil Hope (Labour)
Department
Cabinet Office
Type
Written statements
Date
12 December 2007
Reference
469 c44WS
House
House of Commons
Type
House of Commons papers
Date
18 December 2006
Reference
HC 137 2006-07
House
House of Commons
I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that answer. She will be aware that 2007 marks the 30th anniversary of the formation of the Community Development Foundation, the country’s foremost source of expertise on community development and social cohesion. In recent years, the CDF has delivered and administered the faith in the communities programme on behalf of her Department and its predecessors. In the light of the Prime Minister’s recent comments on cohesion, does my right hon. Friend agree that cohesion must start from the grass roots of communities, but that organisations such as CDF can contribute the expertise and knowledge that will help it to succeed?
Asked by
Tom Levitt (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Communities and Local Government
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
12 December 2006
Reference
454 c719
House
House of Commons
Type
House of Commons papers
Date
31 October 2005
Reference
HC 625 2005-06
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much in expenses has been claimed by each member of the Community Development Foundation trustees since each was appointed.

Asked by
Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 July 2005
Reference
12039; 436 c2185W;436 c2185W
House
House of Commons
Type
House of Commons papers
Date
14 March 2005
Reference
HC 450 2004/05
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees
Committee
Work and Pensions Committee
Notes
DEB;CH 17 JUN 04; Received 07.11.03
Date
22 October 2003
Reference
HC 680 2002/03
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the fund for Community Development Work was spent in (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03 to date. - Includes figures.

Asked by
Andrew George (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
31 October 2002
Reference
78404; 391 c908W;391 c918W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many public appointments he has made since 1st January; and if he will list the names and remuneration of those appointed. - Includes figures.

Asked by
Keith Vaz (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 April 2002
Reference
51502; 384 c706-7W;384 c704-5W
House
House of Commons
Deposited by
Home Office
Type
Deposited papers
Date
28 November 2001
Reference
DEP 01/1762
House
House of Commons