Clause 45
Charities Bill [Lords]
6:45 pm
Martin Horwood (Shadow Minister (Environment), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs; Cheltenham, Liberal Democrat)
I hope that I am not allowing anything to stand in my way, but that I am allowing it to inform what I am saying. The Bill already places much greater restrictions on face-to-face and door-to-door fundraising than previously existed. That includes public collections in the street and door-to-door collections. I welcome that, and I know that the Institute of Fundraising welcomes it, too. I am dealing only with the minority of examples where collections have been agreed between the owner of something like a shopping precinct and a particular charity. It seems that that would be an area where the law did not need to intrude. However, I sense that the will of the Committee is not sympathetic, so I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.