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Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Jane Ellison (Conservative, Centre-right): Clearly, all the points that colleagues make on Second Reading will be carefully considered and debated again in Committee. I understand my hon. Friend’s direction of thinking, but perhaps that will be discussed further in Committee The second important change enabled by the Bill is the future proofing of the small donations scheme to ensure that charities that use modern, innovative ways to collect money such as contactless donations will still be able to benefit. The small donations scheme was never intended to cover other methods of donation such as direct debit, online and text messaging, for which well-established and well-used processes for claiming gift aid exist. That remains the case, but we recognise that cash transactions have declined as new, innovative payment technologies have become more prevalent. We believe that the gift aid small donations scheme should keep pace with these amazing modern techniques. Contactless donations collected using dedicated charity collection terminals share many of the same practical problems as bucket collections. Transactions are instant, and there is little opportunity for fundraisers to engage with donors to solicit a gift aid declaration. The Bill will therefore extend the scheme so that donations made using contactless technology will be eligible for top-up payments.
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Nigel John Mills (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome that decision by the Government. I should say, as I tabled an amendment to the original Bill to suggest exactly that future proofing, that I am glad that the Government have got there, perhaps a few years later than they might have done. However, is it really fair to end up with a different treatment if I swipe my phone cleverly at some terminal rather than if I happen to text the number that comes up on my screen? My sense is that I would not be willing to give details of my address through my mobile phone provider, so can we not be a little more generous and allow text donations in that situation?
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
James Philip Duddridge (Conservative, Centre-right): Quite often in these debates, we hear the House of Commons Library quoted, but very rarely do we hear the words "Labour party research". In order that we can look at those figures in a little more detail, would she be prepared to put that work and the workings that underlie her assertion in the House of Commons Library, so that we can all probe them and reassure ourselves that they are correct and valid figures?
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Daniel Leonard James Poulter (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady is making a thoughtful and constructive speech and highlights some of the challenges for smaller charities that are mostly comprised of volunteers, who do not always have the understanding of and expertise in complex legislation when they are in post. That will clearly be the challenge of this and other legislation in the field. In that respect, is she saying—there may be merit if she is—that some of the anti-fraud measures are too restrictive and add complexity in respect of the funding requirements? Given the other anti-fraud measures in charities legislation, is there an argument for scrapping some of those measures altogether?
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
James Philip Duddridge (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for pulling me up. In fact, round the corner from my office is a charity that supports people in Uganda, which was within the geographic patch that I was responsible for. It is indeed a Southend charity and it would receive some of the benefits of this legislation The Second Church Estates Commissioner, my right hon. Friend the Member for Meriden (Dame Caroline Spelman), mentioned the great value of churches in the community. Like perhaps other Members, I want to pepper my speech with examples from my constituency. I want to pay particular credit to the Southend Association of Voluntary Services, which pulls together charities and best practice and allows charities to be given the expertise to utilise the types of benefits that the Government are introducing It seems like only a hop, skip and a jump since 2006, when I remember throwing two lever-arch folders into my bin in Portcullis House, in the knowledge that I would never again have to look at charities legislation. I should have kept those two Bills, but I went back and looked at the Charities Act 2006. It was a much bigger Bill, with 78 clauses, rather than the nine clauses we are considering today. There are a lot of things that are still relevant today: the debate about whether schools should be charities, and whether education is in itself a charitable good or whether charities need to go out and prove themselves over and above. A lot has changed. My hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Mr Turner) was speaking from the Opposition Front Bench, and there was also a gentleman from Doncaster North—a junior Cabinet Minister with great, or maybe not so great, things ahead of him—who did a good job on that Bill One charities issue that was raised during the passage of the 2006 Act was "chugging", or charities mugging. I notice that the short title of this short, nine-clause Bill is quite wide, so there are perhaps opportunities to insert a few more clauses, whether proposed by Her Majesty’s official Opposition or enthusiastic young Members of Parliament such as myself, or—[Laughter.] It does not say "Pause for laughter" in my notes; that was not a joke. Maybe the Minister will bring forward a review of charities mugging. Even now we get harassed at tube stations, and it is a distraction from the passion for charitable giving that, really, everyone wants to engage in.
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Robert Owen Biggs Wilson (Conservative, Centre-right): It would probably help my hon. Friend to know that we have reformed the self-regulation of charities. There is a single regulator that is now responsible for those activities, rather than the three that there were before, so we are in a much better position to deal with complaints from the public.
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
James Philip Duddridge (Conservative, Centre-right): I am sorry, Mr Deputy Speaker. I in no way meant to challenge your ruling, but I did want to deal with the issue of SMS messages. I have absolute confidence in these two excellent Ministers, and I look forward to what will be said today. I shall go into a fair amount of detail about different payment methods later, but at this juncture, suffice it to say that SMS messages are absolutely right for this purpose. As many people have pointed out, people do not necessarily want to give all their details. There is also a demographic issue. My mother-in-law would be very happy to text a £5 donation, but if you ask her to use a smart phone or contactless payments, she thinks you are speaking a different language. It is discriminatory not to enable her to donate by text As for the point about the scouting movement—my eldest is going up to the scouts, and they collect—I understand that it will be included, but I hope that the specialists on the Front Bench will clarify the position. Earlier in the debate the changes involving buildings were welcomed. It will still be possible to collect money outside a building rather than inside.
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
James Philip Duddridge (Conservative, Centre-right): The Minister takes me back to my own bob-a-job days in the Scouts. There was the Whip thinking that bob-a-job was something that one did on the Back Benches in order to progress in the future.
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
James Philip Duddridge (Conservative, Centre-right): Another point is that charitable giving then begins to be inculcated in young people in particular. Their small donations, to both small and big charities, bring them into the system. Certainly, when I see someone under the age of 16 collecting for poppies or Help for Heroes, I feel that the future of the country is in safe hands I intervened on the Minister to ask about deeming all donations tax-free. I am sympathetic to Her Majesty’s Opposition’s points about complexity. The points have been made well today, just as they were three years ago, as Opposition Front-Bench Members pointed out. The sooner we can get through all this complexity and decide that the basic rate of tax should come back from all moneys en bloc that are given to charities in small amounts, the better. I will say more about how we define "small amounts" later I shall turn now to the specifics of the Bill. Clause 2 deals with the meaning of the term "small donation", and subsection (3) refers to the United Kingdom. However, clause 6, which deals with the extent of the Bill, refers to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Forgive me if I am being stupid, Mr Deputy Speaker, but I think that they amount to the same thing. I would be grateful if that provision could be amended, if only as a tidying-up exercise, or if the difference could be explained.
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Michael James Tomlinson-Mynors (Conservative, Centre-right): Before my hon. Friend moves on from the question of cash amounts, does he agree that £20 is a sensible figure? Opting for a larger amount could involve a risk of fraud or misuse, but £20 is still a substantial enough amount to make a significant difference.
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Michael James Tomlinson-Mynors (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to my hon. Friend for being patient about this point. Can he not see that the amount could be reviewed over a number of years? In fact, it has been reviewed in that way in the past, and there will doubtless be opportunities for it to be reviewed again in the future, if not by this place, perhaps through an order to be dealt with by the Minister. Would that not be a sensible approach?
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Rebecca Faye Clark (Pow) (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome that intervention. I will come on to sports clubs. I know that my hon. Friend is sporty herself, as am I. Everything that we can do to help sporting charities is welcome. She raises an important point about the connection between health and wellbeing. Anything that we can do to help such clubs should be encouraged, and the Bill will definitely help.
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Jacob William Rees-Mogg (Conservative, Centre-right): While my hon. Friend is on about sport, may the Bill not help Somerset win the county championship for the first time ever, after coming second this year? Would that not be a real triumph after Yorkshire and Middlesex stitched it up?
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Rebecca Faye Clark (Pow) (Conservative, Centre-right): I know that my hon. Friend was down at the county ground not very long ago, because I had so many comments about the fact that he had been there. I am sorry that I missed him, because I was down there every day of that championship. I am not sure that Somerset is allowed to collect on the streets with buckets, but smaller sporting charities would be very much helped by the new enabling measures in the Bill.
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Christopher James Green (Conservative, Centre-right): This is not just about fantastic sporting charities. I am sure that colleagues will be able to list the events going on in their constituencies, because this also concerns sporting activities. People put a great deal of effort and determination into training perhaps for a marathon, and that is a wonderful source of fundraising for local causes.
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Civil Rights
Kevin John Foster (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is giving an excellent speech. Does he agree that the key point to remember is that churches are not just places of worship on a Sunday but living, breathing parts of the community? For example, the Living Room initiative at St Mary Magdalene church in my constituency provides tea, coffee and bacon sandwiches for many people who have nowhere else to go.
Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
Kevin John Foster (Conservative, Centre-right): Does the shadow Minister agree that the call should be to ensure that the appropriate due diligence must be undertaken in new charity registrations, in particular by the Charity Commission, before a charity registration number is issued? I take on board his point about potential fraud via this scheme, but of course any charity being registered can start collecting and we need the public to have that confidence.
Standing Orders and Select Committees — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Mixed Topics
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): I will now announce arrangements for electing Chairs for the Select Committees on Culture, Media and Sport, Exiting the European Union, Home Affairs, International Trade, and Science and Technology. Nominations should be submitted in the Table Office by 12 noon on Tuesday 18 October. If a post has more than one candidate the ballot will take place on Wednesday 19 October from 10 am to 1.30 pm in Committee Room 16. Briefing notes with more details about the election will be made available to Members and published on the intranet.
Petitions — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): There are a large number of petitions to be presented, and I hope that it will be of assistance to the House if I set out how we shall proceed. Once the first petition relating to implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts has been read to the House, with its prayer, subsequent petitions on the same topic should not be read out in full—not that anybody would wish to do so, of course. Members should give a brief description—I emphasise "brief description"—of the number and location of the petitioners, and state that the petition is "in the same terms." Members presenting more than one petition should of course present them together When Barbara Keeley has presented her petitions, she should proceed to the Table and hand her first petition to the Clerk, who will read out the title in the usual way. For subsequent petitions—what a wonderful script this is—I will call the Member to present the petition briefly and then the Member should proceed directly to the petitions bag at the back of the Chair. I will call the next Member immediately after the previous Member has finished speaking Members who have been in the House for a while might recall that a precedent was set—although it is not obliged in any sense to be repeated—for a half-hour limit on the presentation of petitions—[Interruption.] No, not half an hour for each petition. Far be it for me instinctively to want didactically to adopt that approach at this stage. I do not wish to do so and I am quite happy to keep it more open. However, there are a very large number of petitions and it will in no way be acceptable for Members to speak to their petition for even one minute. I am asking colleagues to speak for around 10 seconds so that we can make timely progress. I hope that is clear and that colleagues will wish to co-operate, in the interests of efficiency and of the prospect of reaching the Adjournment debate secured by the hon. Member for Halifax (Holly Lynch) on police officer safety. To present her petition, I call Barbara Keeley.
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
Maria Colette Caulfield (Conservative, Centre-right): I rise to present this petition on behalf of 350 of my constituents in Lewes in the same terms as that presented by the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South The Petition of the residents of Lewes. [P001713]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
Anne-Marie Belinda Trevelyan (Conservative, Centre-right): I rise to present 647 signatures on behalf of the residents of Berwick-upon-Tweed and Hexham constituencies in the same terms as the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South The Petition of the residents of Berwick-upon-Tweed. [P001719] The Petition of the residents of Hexham. [P001943]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
Neil Carmichael (Conservative, Centre-right): I rise to present this petition on behalf of the residents of the constituency of Stroud in the same terms as the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South The Petition of the residents of Stroud. [P001720]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
Scott Leslie Mann (Conservative, Centre-right): I rise to present petitions on behalf of the residents of North Cornwall and of Camborne and Redruth in the same terms as the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South, and on behalf of our Cornish WASPI women The Petition of residents of North Cornwall. [P001746] The Petition of residents of Camborne and Redruth. [P001747]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan (Conservative, Centre-right): I rise to present this petition on behalf of the residents of the Chippenham constituency in the same terms as the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South. It has been signed by 1,656 of my constituents, reflecting the level of local discontent on the issue The Petition of residents of Chippenham. [P001750]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
James Michael Davies (Conservative, Centre-right): I rise to present this petition on behalf of 473 of my constituents in the Vale of Clwyd in the same terms as the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South The Petition of residents of Vale of Clwyd. [P001755]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
Caroline Ansell (Conservative, Centre-right): I rise to present this petition on behalf of more than 700 residents in Eastbourne and Willingdon in the same terms as the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South The Petition of residents of Eastbourne and Willingdon. [P001760]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
Craig Mackinlay (Conservative, Centre-right): I rise to present this petition on behalf of 316 residents of Thanet South in the same terms as that of the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South The Petition of residents of Thanet South. [P001769]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
Rebecca Elizabeth Scott Harris (Conservative, Centre-right): I rise to present this petition on behalf of the residents of Castle Point in the same terms as that of the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South The Petition of residents of Castle Point. [P001770]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
Marcus John Hudson Fysh (Conservative, Centre-right): I rise on behalf of the people of Yeovil to present this petition in the same terms as that of the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South The Petition of residents of Yeovil Constituency. [P001822]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
Miriam Jane Alice Davies (Conservative, Centre-right): I rise to present this petition on behalf of the residents of the Eastleigh constituency, including Botley, Hedge End, West End, Bursledon, and of other areas, including the Southampton, Itchen and Southampton, Test constituencies, in the same terms as that of the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South; 92 signatures are enclosed The petition of residents of Eastleigh [P001827]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
Stephen Phillips (Conservative, Centre-right): I know this will come as a shock, Mr Speaker, but I rise to present a petition in the same terms as those of the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South on behalf of very many residents of the constituency of Sleaford and North Hykeham The Petition of the residents of Sleaford and North Hykeham. [P001831]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
Caroline Alice Spelman (Conservative, Centre-right): I, too, out of solidarity, wish to declare an interest. I rise to present a petition on behalf of the constituents of Meriden, but also of the Burton WASPI group, in the same terms as the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South The Petition of residents of Meriden. [P001837]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
James Spencer Cleverly (Conservative, Centre-right): I rise to present a petition in the same terms as that of the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South on behalf of the ladies of Braintree, and also, with permission, on behalf of the ladies of Saffron Walden The Petition of residents of Braintree. [P001834]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
Anna Mary Soubry (Conservative, Centre-right): I declare an interest, having been born on 7 December 1956. Thank you, Mr Speaker, for allowing me, on behalf of my constituents of Broxtowe, to present this petition in the same terms as the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South The Petition of residents of Broxtowe. [P001939]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Civil Rights
Alexander John Gervase Chalk (Conservative, Centre-right): I rise to present this petition on behalf of the residents of Cheltenham in the same terms as the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South. I thank the Cheltenham WASPI women for their dogged and dignified campaign The Petition of residents of Cheltenham. [P001745]
Implementation of the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts — House of Commons, 2016-10-11
Topic: Other
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): That was all very efficiently completed by my colleagues in under half an hour. Thank you very much indeed for your co-operation. We come now to the Adjournment. May I appeal to Members who are leaving the Chamber to do so quickly and quietly, so that the hon. Member for Halifax (Holly Lynch) can present her case and be heard?
EU Referendum — House of Commons, 2016-07-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: What assessment he has made of the potential effect on the economy in Scotland over the next five years of the outcome of the EU referendum.
David Gordon Mundell (Conservative, Centre-right): Regardless of the vote, the two Governments must continue to work together to support the industry. The Scottish Government have taken steps in relation to the two plants in Scotland, very much supported by me and the Scotland Office and the UK Government. We will continue that support, and the Scottish Government will play a part in the steel council that has been established.