Clause 57 - Relief for community amateur sports clubs
Finance Bill
11:15 am
Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs, Conservative)
Of course, relief is welcomed by amateur sports clubs that cannot or find it difficult to qualify for charitable status and the nitty-gritty will be discussed when we come to the schedule.
The point of principle--the difference between the Revenue package and the charity package--is not hugely material. One issue is that a charity can receive
gift aid on company and personal donations, but on the Revenue side it applies only to individual donations.
I hope that when the Government consider the matter further they will decide that it is sensible to align the two. The clause is welcome in principle and I look forward to going through the details of the schedule in due course.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 57 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Further consideration adjourned.--[Mr. Sutcliffe.]
Adjourned accordingly at twenty-two minutes past Eleven o'clock till Tuesday 11 June at half-past Ten o'clock.
Gale, Mr, Roger ( Chairman )
Boateng, Mr.
Brennan, Kevin
Casale, Roger
Cruddas, Jon
Cunningham, Mr. Jim
Curtis-Thomas, Mrs.
Davey, Mr. Edward
Field, Mr. Mark
Flight, Mr.
Grayling, Chris
Hoban, Mr.
Jack, Mr.
Laws, Mr.
Luff, Mr.
Luke, Mr.
Marris, Rob
Pond, Mr.
Primarolo, Dawn
Pugh, Dr.
Ryan, Joan
Smith, Angela
Southworth, Helen
Sutcliffe, Mr.
Wright, David