Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of charity law in the United Kingdom and the case for reform.

The Government published its response to Lord Hodgson’s statutory review of the Charities Act 2006, and the Public Administration Select Committee’s review of the regulation of charities on the legal and regulatory framework for charities in England and Wales in September 2013. Most of the reports’ recommendations were accepted and these are currently being taken forward.

The Joint Committee on the Draft Protection of Charities Bill published its report into its scrutiny of the Draft Protection of Charities Bill on 25 February 2015. The Draft bill would give the Charity Commission more powers to tackle mismanagement and abuse in charities. The Government will respond shortly.

Charity law is devolved in Scotland and Northern Ireland.