Bogus Charity Clothing Collection Companies

EDM number 2724 in 2005-06, proposed by Jo Swinson on 11/10/2006.

That this House condemns the practice of companies like Helpmates Ltd, who pose as registered charities in order to collect clothing donations from the public via doorstep collections; notes that the literature from these companies claim the donations are `urgently needed' for the developing world, but that as profit-making companies they are likely to sell the donated clothes for financial gain; calls on the Office of Fair Trading and the Charity Commission to establish a joint review to ensure that members of the public are not confused or deceived into donating to companies they believe are charities; and urges the public to continue donating clothes to recognised charities and check that organisations soliciting for donations have a registered charity number.

This motion has been signed by a total of 58 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jo Swinson	11/10/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Anne Main	11/10/2006	St Albans	Conservative	Seconded
Julie Morgan	11/10/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Seconded
Pete Wishart	11/10/2006	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Annette Brooke	11/10/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Edward Davey	11/10/2006	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Stunell	12/10/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	12/10/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	12/10/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	12/10/2006	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	12/10/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	12/10/2006	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	12/10/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	12/10/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	12/10/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	12/10/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	12/10/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	12/10/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	16/10/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Penning	16/10/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Ian Austin	16/10/2006	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	16/10/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	16/10/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	16/10/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	16/10/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	16/10/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Robert Smith	16/10/2006	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	16/10/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	17/10/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	17/10/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James McGovern	17/10/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	17/10/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	17/10/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	17/10/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	17/10/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Brian Iddon	17/10/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	17/10/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/10/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Sian James	18/10/2006	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	18/10/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/10/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	18/10/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Edward O'Hara	18/10/2006	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	19/10/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	19/10/2006	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	19/10/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	20/10/2006	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	23/10/2006	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
John Leech	23/10/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	24/10/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	24/10/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/10/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	24/10/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/10/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	31/10/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	02/11/2006	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	06/11/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	06/11/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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