Anna Turley: I beg to move amendment 7, in clause 11, page 10, line 5, after “person” add “or persons”. This amendment aims to ensure that, where there has been a collective failure to act, a whole trustee board should be held accountable. We support clause 11 in principle, but we seek to make some amendments to it. At present, the Charity Commission has no general power to disqualify a...
Anna Turley: I am indeed reassured by the Minister’s comments, and I look forward to working with the Charity Commission to ensure that we clarify some of the issues involved. I take his point about the ability to dismiss entire boards for systemic governance failures. It is an important power for the commission to have, and I want to ensure that it goes far enough. Conditions D, E and F raise issues...
Anna Turley: I beg to move amendment 5, in clause 11, page 10, line 31, leave out “(either generally or in relation to the charities or classes of charity specified or described in the order)” and insert, “, as defined by the Commission in a specific document to be published after consultation and renewed every five years”.
Anna Turley: I am indeed reassured by the Minister’s comments, and I look forward to working with the Charity Commission to ensure that we clarify some of the issues involved. I take his point about the ability to dismiss entire boards for systemic governance failures. It is an important power for the commission to have, and I want to ensure that it goes far enough. Conditions D, E and F raise issues...
Anna Turley: I beg to move amendment 5, in clause 11, page 10, line 31, leave out “(either generally or in relation to the charities or classes of charity specified or described in the order)” and insert, “, as defined by the Commission in a specific document to be published after consultation and renewed every five years”. Instead of removing this power altogether, this amendment ensures the...
Anna Turley: I thank the Minister for a thorough and helpful explanation of the steps involved and the safeguards that will be in place. To some extent, it sounded like there would be a triple lock through the commission’s criteria and the notice period for the tribunal, which is reassuring. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff Central for her helpful contribution. She made the really...
Anna Turley: I beg to move amendment 6, in clause 11, page 11, line 33, after “conduct” insert, “both relevant and serious”.
Anna Turley: I thank the Minister for his response and other members of the Committee for their interesting and thought-provoking questions, which help us and set out the benefit of going through a Bill line by line in Committee. It allows us to set out some of the issues that still need clarification. In light of the Minister’s answer, and particularly the reassurance that he gave at some length on the...
Anna Turley: I thank the Minister for a thorough and helpful explanation of the steps involved and the safeguards that will be in place. To some extent, it sounded like there would be a triple lock through the commission’s criteria and the notice period for the tribunal, which is reassuring. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff Central for her helpful contribution. She made the really...
Anna Turley: I beg to move amendment 6, in clause 11, page 11, line 33, after “conduct” insert, “both relevant and serious”. To ensure a more narrow and relevant definition of “conduct”. This amendment builds on the previous one. Although I am reassured by many of the Minister’s explanations, we want to talk through the matter further and set on record our concern about the breadth of...
Anna Turley: I thank the Minister for his response and other members of the Committee for their interesting and thought-provoking questions, which help us and set out the benefit of going through a Bill line by line in Committee. It allows us to set out some of the issues that still need clarification. In light of the Minister’s answer, and particularly the reassurance that he gave at some length on the...
Anna Turley: It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hamilton. I welcome you to the Committee. The Opposition support clause 12. We have tabled no amendments to it because it is an important measure in ensuring public scrutiny and accountability regarding the decisions taken by the commission and the court, along with the circumstances surrounding, and any learning that might come from,...
Anna Turley: I support the Minister’s view on the provision. It is technical, but important. The clause inserts into the Charities Act 2011 new section 184A, which sets out that where a person is disqualified either under section 178 or new section 181A of the Charities Act 2011, which we have discussed in some detail in Committee, and where they are an officer of a corporate body that is a charity...
Anna Turley: The Opposition welcome clause 14 and have tabled no amendments to it. However, it is important and deserves discussion, so I will take some time, with the leave of the Chair, to make a few points. Due to the clause’s importance and, in particular, because of some of the public exposure that led to it, it is essential to explore some of the issues behind it. It amends section 59 of the...
Anna Turley: It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hamilton. I welcome you to the Committee. The Opposition support clause 12. We have tabled no amendments to it because it is an important measure in ensuring public scrutiny and accountability regarding the decisions taken by the commission and the court, along with the circumstances surrounding, and any learning that might come from,...
Anna Turley: I support the Minister’s view on the provision. It is technical, but important. The clause inserts into the Charities Act 2011 new section 184A, which sets out that where a person is disqualified either under section 178 or new section 181A of the Charities Act 2011, which we have discussed in some detail in Committee, and where they are an officer of a corporate body that is a charity...
Anna Turley: The Opposition welcome clause 14 and have tabled no amendments to it. However, it is important and deserves discussion, so I will take some time, with the leave of the Chair, to make a few points. Due to the clause’s importance and, in particular, because of some of the public exposure that led to it, it is essential to explore some of the issues behind it. It amends section 59 of the...
Anna Turley: I thank the Minister for setting out the views and values behind the clause, which we welcome. Social investment is an important part of the fabric of our community and voluntary sector. We have tabled no amendments to the clause, and we recognise that it will make an important contribution. As the Minister set out, the Bill is the first attempt to define in statute social investment, which...
Anna Turley: The Opposition support this clause because it is a simple and practical way of providing for the Minister to review the operation of the Bill. As he mentioned, we have had quite a lot of discussion and debate today about the timeframe for monitoring the Bill. We have had a lot of debate about the onus that much of the Bill puts on the Charity Commission, about many of the new powers and about...
Anna Turley: We support the amendment. We agree with the Minister that it is a technical, procedural amendment to ensure the passage of the Bill, and we have no comments to make at this stage.