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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Draft Protection of Charities Bill Joint Committee - publications

Inquiry by the Draft Protection of Charities Bill (Joint Committee), 28 October 2014 to 28 October 2014. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 18 November 2014: Ben Harrison, Senior Policy Adviser, Office for Civil Society, Cabinet Office Michelle Russell, Director of Investigations, Monitoring and Enforcement, Charity Commission Kenneth Dibble, Director of Legal Services, Charity Commission Victoria Keilthy, Director, Private and Third Sector Delivery, National Audit Office
  • 25 November 2014: Sir Stuart Etherington, CEO, National Council for Voluntary Organisations; Professor Debra Morris, Liverpool University; Professor Gareth Morgan, Sheffield Hallam University
  • 2 December 2014: Jo Coleman, Nicola Evans, and Julian Smith on behalf of the Charity Law Association David Anderson QC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation Alex Baylis, Head of Acute Policy, Care Quality Commission Simon Hebditch, Chair, Small Charities Coalition Pauline Broomhead, CEO, Foundation for Social Improvement
  • 9 December 2014: Sir Stephen Bubb, CEO, ACEVO; Richard Corden, Director, Southampton Hospital Charity; Lindsey Williams, Director of External Services, WCVA; Christopher Stacey, Director (Services), Unlock; Dr. Hany El-Banna OBE, Founder and Chairman, Muslim Charities Forum; Ben Jackson, Chief Executive, Bond.
  • 10 December 2014: Detective Superintendent Pete O’Doherty, Head of National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, City of London Police; Detective Chief Superintendent, Terri Nicholson, Metropolitan Police; Donald Toon, Director, Economic Crime Command, National Crime Agency; Andrew Edwards, HM Revenue & Customs Deputy Director and Head of HMRC Charities; David Kirk, Chairman, Fraud Advisory Panel
  • 16 December 2014: Michelle Russell, Director of Investigations, Monitoring and Enforcement, Charity Commission; William Shawcross, Chairman, Charity Commission
  • 13 January 2015: Rob Wilson MP, Minister for Civil Society Ben Harrison MBE, Policy Adviser, Office for Civil Society, Cabinet Office