Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Peter Bone to meet Nick Hurd to discuss bill to amend Charities Act 2011

Peter Bone to meet Nick Hurd to discuss bill to amend Charities Act 2011: Conservative MP's bill seeks to reinstate the presumption of public benefit for religious organisations

An MP who has proposed a bill to reinstate the presumption of public benefit for religious organisations will today meet with the charities minister, Nick Hurd, to discuss it.

Peter Bone, Conservative MP for Wellingborough, presented a Ten Minute Rule Motion in the House of Commons on 19 December seeking leave to bring a bill to amend the Charities Act 2011 to "treat all religious institutions as charities".

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