Wednesday, 12 October 2005
The Right Honourable Sir Jonathan Hugh Mance, Knight, a Lord Justice of Appeal, having been appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and thereby created a Baron for life, by the style and title of...
Jonathan Adair Turner, Esquire, having been created Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, of Ecchinswell in the County of Hampshire, for life—Was, in his robes, introduced between the Lord...
My Lords, before business begins, may I take the opportunity to inform the House that I will be undertaking a ministerial visit to Nottingham on Friday 14 October? Accordingly, I trust that the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether resort by the Ministry of Defence to retrial under the concurrent jurisdiction will be entrusted to the High Court and the extant discretionary process...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made with respect to the development of the curriculum on citizenship in secondary schools.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have any proposals to prevent major road developments through historic squares.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What measures they are taking to assist the victims of the Kashmir earthquake.
My Lords, I beg to introduce a Bill to make provision about arrangements for redress in relation to liability in tort in connection with services provided as part of the health service in England...
My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. Moved, That Standing Order 41 (Arrangement of the Order Paper) be dispensed with on Thursday 20 October to allow the...
Report received. Clause 2 [Meaning of "charitable purpose"]:
Brought from the Commons; read a first time, and ordered to be printed.
rose to ask Her Majesty's Government what they are doing to meet their obligations as a party to the United Nations Convention Against Torture. My Lords, we live in a complicated world, morally,...
Consideration of amendments on Report resumed.
2 (1) A question which involves either— (a) the operation of charity law in any respect, or (b) the application of charity law to a particular state of affairs, may be referred to the...
3 (1) This paragraph applies where a question which involves the application of charity law to a particular state of affairs has been referred to the Tribunal under paragraph 1 or 2 above. (2)...
4 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) below applies if— (a) paragraph 3(2) above prevents the Commission from taking any steps which it would otherwise be permitted or required to take, and (b) the steps...
5 (1) Paragraph 3(2) above does not apply in relation to any steps taken by the Commission with the agreement of— (a) the persons who are parties to the proceedings on the reference at the...
6 (1) No appeal or application may be made to the Tribunal by a person to whom sub-paragraph (2) below applies in respect of an order or decision made, or direction given, by the Commission in...
7 (1) In this Schedule— "charity law" means— (a) any enactment contained in, or made under, this Act or the Charities Act 2005, and (b) any rule of law which relates to charities, and...
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