Status Of Charities
EDM number 636 in 1997-98, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 13/01/1998.
That this House notes the statement on page 43 of The Times of 1st December 1997 that 'Surprisingly, the law does not prevent any competent crook from registering or acquiring registered charities'; calls on Her Majesty's Government to encourage all those with power to allow charity collections on their premises, especially the managements of supermarkets and stations, to adopt the practice of insisting beforehand on the presence of a recommendation, from a first class source, on each relevant charity whose work is not already known to those managements - along the lines of the well-established Charity Check database system referred to in the same article; and further calls on Her Majesty's Government to consider urgently the reform of the Charities Act 1992, Part III, so that the current legal framework can be updated as soon as possible to help prevent money going astray that should instead go to genuine charities.
This motion has been signed by a total of 188 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Adrian Sanders | 13/01/1998 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Proposed |
| Peter Bottomley | 14/01/1998 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| John Austin | 14/01/1998 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 14/01/1998 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 14/01/1998 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Ken Livingstone | 14/01/1998 | Brent East | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 14/01/1998 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tom Cox | 15/01/1998 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
| Edward Davey | 15/01/1998 | Kingston & Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Harry Barnes | 15/01/1998 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Tyler | 15/01/1998 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andrew Stunell | 19/01/1998 | Hazel Grove | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 19/01/1998 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 19/01/1998 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 19/01/1998 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Norman Godman | 20/01/1998 | Greenock & Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Fearn | 20/01/1998 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Oaten | 20/01/1998 | Winchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 20/01/1998 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Keetch | 21/01/1998 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 21/01/1998 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| David Chidgey | 22/01/1998 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Donald Gorrie | 22/01/1998 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 26/01/1998 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 28/01/1998 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 28/01/1998 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Michie | 28/01/1998 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Olner | 28/01/1998 | Nuneaton | Labour | Signed |
| Jeffrey M Donaldson | 28/01/1998 | Lagan Valley | UUP | Signed |
| Dafydd Wigley | 29/01/1998 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Christine Russell | 30/01/1998 | Chester, City of | Labour | Signed |
| Piara S Khabra | 30/01/1998 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 02/02/1998 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 02/02/1998 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Colvin | 03/02/1998 | Romsey | Conservative | Signed |
| Colin Burgon | 03/02/1998 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
| David Kidney | 03/02/1998 | Stafford | Labour | Signed |
| Joe Ashton | 05/02/1998 | Bassetlaw | Labour | Signed |
| Austin Mitchell | 05/02/1998 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
| Ken Maginnis | 05/02/1998 | Fermanagh & South Tyrone | UUP | Signed |
| Andy King | 05/02/1998 | Rugby & Kenilworth | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 05/02/1998 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Chris Ruane | 09/02/1998 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Rowe | 10/02/1998 | Faversham & Mid Kent | Conservative | Signed |
| Laura Moffatt | 10/02/1998 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | 10/02/1998 | Poplar & Canning Town | Labour | Signed |
| Diana Organ | 11/02/1998 | Forest of Dean | Labour | Signed |
| Simon Hughes | 12/02/1998 | North Southwark & Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 16/02/1998 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 17/02/1998 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 17/02/1998 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Dale Campbell-Savours | 19/02/1998 | Workington | Labour | Signed |
| Geoffrey Johnson Smith | 19/02/1998 | Wealden | Conservative | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 23/02/1998 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Huw Edwards | 24/02/1998 | Monmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Jones | 26/02/1998 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 26/02/1998 | Feltham & Heston | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 26/02/1998 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| Rhodri Morgan | 27/02/1998 | Cardiff West | Labour | Signed |
| Evan Harris | 02/03/1998 | Oxford West & Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Brian White | 09/03/1998 | North East Milton Keynes | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew George | 12/03/1998 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Julia Drown | 17/03/1998 | South Swindon | Labour | Signed |
| Ivan Lewis | 18/03/1998 | Bury South | Labour | Signed |
| Oliver Letwin | 18/03/1998 | West Dorset | Conservative | Signed |
| Syd Rapson | 23/03/1998 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
| Matthew Taylor | 24/03/1998 | Truro & St Austell | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tim Loughton | 01/04/1998 | East Worthing & Shoreham | Conservative | Signed |
| Candy Atherton | 01/04/1998 | Falmouth & Camborne | Labour | Signed |
| Audrey Wise | 07/04/1998 | Preston | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Casale | 07/04/1998 | Wimbledon | Labour | Signed |
| Ieuan Wyn Jones | 08/04/1998 | Ynys M | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Richard Livsey | 08/04/1998 | Brecon & Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Phil Willis | 08/04/1998 | Harrogate & Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Brian Cotter | 21/04/1998 | Weston-Super-Mare | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Peter Temple-Morris | 22/04/1998 | Leominster | Independent Conservative | Signed |
| Anthony Steen | 23/04/1998 | Totnes | Conservative | Signed |
| Jackie Ballard | 23/04/1998 | Taunton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Julie Kirkbride | 23/04/1998 | Bromsgrove | Conservative | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 24/04/1998 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Blizzard | 27/04/1998 | Waveney | Labour | Signed |
| Gerry Bermingham | 27/04/1998 | St Helens South | Labour | Signed |
| Don Foster | 27/04/1998 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Denzil Davies | 27/04/1998 | Llanelli | Labour | Signed |
| Phyllis Starkey | 28/04/1998 | Milton Keynes South West | Labour | Signed |
| Donald Anderson | 28/04/1998 | Swansea East | Labour | Signed |
| Howard Flight | 29/04/1998 | Arundel & South Downs | Conservative | Signed |
| Maria Eagle | 30/04/1998 | Liverpool, Garston | Labour | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 30/04/1998 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 05/05/1998 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Roy Beggs | 05/05/1998 | East Antrim | UUP | Signed |
| John Bercow | 05/05/1998 | Buckingham | Conservative | Signed |
| Mark Todd | 06/05/1998 | South Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Jamie Cann | 06/05/1998 | Ipswich | Labour | Signed |
| David Lepper | 06/05/1998 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Jackie Lawrence | 07/05/1998 | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Labour | Signed |
| Gareth Thomas | 07/05/1998 | Clwyd West | Labour | Signed |
| John Marek | 08/05/1998 | Wrexham | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Gilroy | 11/05/1998 | Plymouth, Sutton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Christopher Gill | 11/05/1998 | Ludlow | Conservative | Signed |
| Jacqui Smith | 11/05/1998 | Redditch | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Williams | 12/05/1998 | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr | Labour | Signed |
| Julie Morgan | 13/05/1998 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Prentice | 13/05/1998 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
| Lembit | 13/05/1998 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Graham Brady | 13/05/1998 | Altrincham & Sale West | Conservative | Signed |
| Ann Clwyd | 18/05/1998 | Cynon Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Raymond Powell | 19/05/1998 | Ogmore | Labour | Signed |
| David Drew | 19/05/1998 | Stroud | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Nigel Evans | 19/05/1998 | Ribble Valley | Conservative | Signed |
| Joe Benton | 20/05/1998 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
| Dominic Grieve | 21/05/1998 | Beaconsfield | Conservative | Signed |
| David Chaytor | 21/05/1998 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 21/05/1998 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ben Bradshaw | 21/05/1998 | Exeter | Labour | Signed |
| Nicholas Winterton | 01/06/1998 | Macclesfield | Conservative | Signed |
| Ann Winterton | 01/06/1998 | Congleton | Conservative | Signed |
| David Taylor | 01/06/1998 | North West Leicestershire | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 01/06/1998 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Clark | 01/06/1998 | Gillingham | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Keen | 01/06/1998 | Brentford & Isleworth | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Perham | 01/06/1998 | Ilford North | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Benn | 02/06/1998 | Chesterfield | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Goggins | 03/06/1998 | Wythenshawe & Sale East | Labour | Signed |
| Barry Gardiner | 03/06/1998 | Brent North | Labour | Signed |
| Sandra Osborne | 03/06/1998 | Ayr | Labour | Signed |
| Dan Norris | 04/06/1998 | Wansdyke | Labour | Signed |
| Christine Butler | 04/06/1998 | Castle Point | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 04/06/1998 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 05/06/1998 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Bell | 09/06/1998 | Tatton | Independent | Signed |
| Sydney Chapman | 16/06/1998 | Chipping Barnet | Conservative | Signed |
| Alan Williams | 16/06/1998 | Swansea West | Labour | Signed |
| Allan Rogers | 17/06/1998 | Rhondda | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Wallace | 18/06/1998 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jenny Tonge | 24/06/1998 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Rendel | 24/06/1998 | Newbury | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 25/06/1998 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Linton | 29/06/1998 | Battersea | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Moore | 29/06/1998 | Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Harold Best | 29/06/1998 | Leeds North West | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Twigg | 30/06/1998 | Enfield, Southgate | Labour | Signed |
| John Townend | 30/06/1998 | East Yorkshire | Conservative | Signed |
| James Plaskitt | 30/06/1998 | Warwick & Leamington | Labour | Signed |
| John Randall | 01/07/1998 | Uxbridge | Conservative | Signed |
| Charles Kennedy | 01/07/1998 | Ross, Skye & Inverness West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Joan Humble | 02/07/1998 | Blackpool North & Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Smith | 03/07/1998 | West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Paul Burstow | 07/07/1998 | Sutton & Cheam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tom Levitt | 08/07/1998 | High Peak | Labour | Signed |
| Eileen Gordon | 08/07/1998 | Romford | Labour | Signed |
| Fabian Hamilton | 09/07/1998 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
| Dave Watts | 09/07/1998 | St Helens North | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Brand | 17/07/1998 | Isle of Wight | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andrew Love | 21/07/1998 | Edmonton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Bowen Wells | 23/07/1998 | Hertford & Stortford | Conservative | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 31/07/1998 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Louise Ellman | 02/09/1998 | Liverpool, Riverside | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Geraint Davies | 02/09/1998 | Croydon Central | Labour | Signed |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | 02/09/1998 | Crosby | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Sawford | 02/09/1998 | Kettering | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Pound | 03/09/1998 | Ealing North | Labour | Signed |
| David Amess | 03/09/1998 | Southend West | Conservative | Signed |
| Graham Stringer | 19/10/1998 | Manchester, Blackley | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Efford | 19/10/1998 | Eltham | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dobbin | 19/10/1998 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Iain Coleman | 19/10/1998 | Hammersmith & Fulham | Labour | Signed |
| Humfrey Malins | 19/10/1998 | Woking | Conservative | Signed |
| Stephen Hepburn | 19/10/1998 | Jarrow | Labour | Signed |
| Ruth Kelly | 21/10/1998 | Bolton West | Labour | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 26/10/1998 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Iddon | 26/10/1998 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Pike | 26/10/1998 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
| Keith Darvill | 27/10/1998 | Upminster | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Stinchcombe | 27/10/1998 | Wellingborough | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Taylor | 27/10/1998 | Esher & Walton | Conservative | Signed |
| Gordon Marsden | 28/10/1998 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Laxton | 28/10/1998 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| Kerry Pollard | 28/10/1998 | St Albans | Labour | Signed |
| Win Griffiths | 29/10/1998 | Bridgend | Labour | Signed |
| Judith Church | 03/11/1998 | Dagenham | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Stewart | 05/11/1998 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 09/11/1998 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Snape | 11/11/1998 | West Bromwich East | Labour | Signed |
| Archy Kirkwood | 16/11/1998 | Roxburgh & Berwickshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ray Michie | 18/11/1998 | Argyll & Bute | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Martin O'Neill | 18/11/1998 | Ochil | Labour | Signed |
| Margaret Hodge | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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