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Home >  About us > Contacting us > Parliamentary Briefings

Parliamentary Briefings

Briefings on the key issues facing charity regulation, as and when they arise (listed chronologically):

Release Date Factsheet
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November 2012 Lord Singh debate briefing
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November 2012 Charitable registration and public benefit
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September 2012 Public trust and confidence
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June 2012 Debate on role of the voluntary sector and social enterprise, 21 June 2012
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April 2012 Charity Commission and charity fraud group respond to National Fraud Authority report
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March 2012 How the Charity Commission gets involved
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January 2012 Charity Commission update on public benefit guidance
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February 2011 Motion relating to the Big Society
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January 2011 Charities and Fraud
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July 2010 Public trust and confidence survey
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March 2010 Charities and the economic downturn
 
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February 2009 A Balancing Act: New perspectives on the charity/beneficiary relationship
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February 2009 Survey of Mosques in England and Wales
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June 2008 Information for Welsh Assembly Members (English)

Information for Welsh Assembly Members (Welsh)
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October 2007 Public Service Delivery
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