Clause 72
Charities Bill [Lords]
1:15 pm
Martin Horwood (Shadow Minister (Environment), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs; Cheltenham, Liberal Democrat)
I beg to move amendment No. 156, in clause 72, page 77, line 20, at end insert—
‘(Z1) The Secretary of State must, one year after the year in which this Act is passed and each year subsequently, make a statement to the House of Commons, which must address the following matters—
(a) the number of registered charities in England and Wales, and an indication of whether this number has risen or fallen since the previous statement,
(b) the number of organisations which have failed to obtain or retain charitable status under sections 2 or 3 of this Act in that year, and why they have failed,
(c) the total value of Gift Aid and other special tax provisions for registered charities in that year,
(d) the total net cost of Value Added Tax to registered charities in that year, and
(e) the number and value of central government contracts placed with registered charities in that year.’.
The amendment is straightforward and I hope that it will command widespread support and sympathy in the Committee—