Select Committee on Charities - publications

Inquiry by the Select Committee on Charities, 23 May 2016 to 23 May 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Select Committee on Charities written evidence volume (27 January 2017)
Select Committee on Charities oral evidence volume (9 February 2017)
Report - Stronger charities for a stronger society (26 March 2017)
Government response (19 December 2017)
Charity Commission response (4 January 2018)

Evidence sessions

5 July 2016: Paula Sussex, Chief Executive, and Sarah Atkinson, Director of Policy and Communications, Charity Commission
12 July 2016: Asheem Singh, Chief Executive Officer, ACEVO, Karl Wilding, Director of Public Policy and Volunteering, NCVO, and Rebecca Bunce, Policy and Engagement Manager, Small Charities Coalition
12 July 2016: Andrew O’Brien, Head of Policy and Engagement, Charity Finance Group, and Richard Jenkins, Head of Policy, Association of Charitable Foundations
11 October 2016: Matthew Taylor, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce and David Cutler, The Baring Foundation
18 October 2016: Paul Streets, Chief Executive, Lloyds Bank Foundation; Gen Maitland Hudson, Head of Impact and Assessment, Power to Change; and Dan Corry, Chief Executive, New Philanthropy Capital.
18 October 2016: Aamer Naeem, Chief Executive of Penny Appeal; and Paul Hackwood, Executive Chair of Church Urban Fund.
25 October 2016: Geoff Burnand, Chief Executive, Investing for Good, Peter Holbrook CBE, Chief Executive, Social Enterprise UK and Jane Wilson, Lead Practitioner for Learning and Development, City Healthcare Partnership.
25 October 2016: Jonathan Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer, Social Investment Business; Ben Jupp, Director, Social Finance Ltd; Caroline Mason, Chief Executive, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.
1 November 2016: Shaks Ghosh CBE, Chief Executive, Clore Social Leadership; Marged Griffiths, Chief Executive, Y Bont; and Eve Martin, Chair of Trustees, Brook.
1 November 2016: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts CBE; and Professor John Mohan, Director, Third Sector Research Centre.
8 November 2016: Seamus McAleavey, Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action, and Martin Sime, Chief Executive, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
8 November 2016: Frances McCandless, Chief Executive, Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, and David Robb, Chief Executive, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.
15 November 2016: Helen Milner OBE, Executive, Tinder Foundation, and Chester Mojay-Sinclare, Founder, Charity Checkout.
15 November 2016: Dr Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy, Philippa Charles, Director, Garfield Weston Foundation, and Philip Lawford, Director, Linbury Trust.
22 November 2016: Daniel Hurford, Head of Policy (Improvement and Governance), Welsh Local Government Association, and Councillor Robert Light, Kirklees Council and Vice-Chair of the Local Government Association’s City Regions Board.
22 November 2016: Councillor Anne Brown, Cabinet Member for Communities and Corporate, Essex County Council, and Councillor Stephen Powers, Cabinet Member for Policy and Communications, Newcastle City Council.
29 November 2016: Tim Jones, Chief Executive and Secretary, Allia; Sir Harvey McGrath, Chair, Big Society Capital; Cliff Prior, CEO, Big Society Capital.
29 November 2016: Dawn Austwick, Chief Executive Officer, Big Lottery Fund and Gemma Bull, Portfolio Development Director, Big Lottery Fund.
29 November 2016: Nick Pickles, UK Head of Policy, Twitter; David Skelton, Public Policy and Government Relations Manager, Google.
5 December 2016: Dan Scorer, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Royal Mencap Society; Andrew Seager, Head of Service Development, Citizens Advice; Jacob Tas, CEO, Nacro.
6 December 2016: Mr Rob Wilson MP, Minister for Civil Society, Department for Culture, Media and Sport; Mark Fisher CBE, Director of the Office for Civil Society.
6 December 2016: William Shawcross, Chair, Charity Commission; Kenneth Dibble, Legal Director, Charity Commission.