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Consultations: Draft Charities Bill

Name: Draft Charities Bill
Source: Joint Committee on the Draft Charities Bill
Date: June 2004

The Charities Bill was announced in the Queen's Speech in November 2003, after public consultation on the need and form of charity law and regulation reform in 2002. A Draft Bill was published in May for scrutiny by a joint parliamentary committee chaired by Alan Milburn MP, and Cancer Research UK submitted evidence to that committee.

This Bill is important to Cancer Research UK and the charity sector, since it reforms outdated charity law and will enable charities to operate more effectively.

For more information, please download ourconsultation responsein full.

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Equivalent legislation is also being developed in Scotland, and we have also submitted evidence to the Scottish Executive on their proposals for a Bill. To see our response to the Scottish consultation, go to our Scotland pages.

To find out more about our position on charity issues, please read our charity law, regulation and finance policy positions.