# Mactaggart says 'I'll deliver you the Charities Bill'

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/09/30/mactaggart-says-039i039ll-deliver-you-charities-bill039/
- Published: 2003-09-30T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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Home Office Minister Fiona Mactaggart told voluntary sector leaders at the Labour
Party Conference that she would deliver a charities bill.
Fiona Mactaggart MP was
speaking at NCVO’s charities reception held at the Labour Party Conference on 29
September. She was joined by Gordon Brown, Tessa Jowell and many other MPs, senior
opinion formers and voluntary sector leaders.

Addressing the reception she said: “I’ll deliver you, I’m sure, the Charities Bill”.
She continued by expressing her concern about the situation whereby the voluntary
sector often seems to be ‘begging’ for favours from the Government. People must 
realise the important role played by the voluntary sector, the Minister insisted,
suggesting that it can act as a kind of

‘third way’ alongside the public and private sectors.

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Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell also spoke, stressing the importance of the

lessons that the voluntary sector can teach the public sector – particularly in 
terms of developing personal relationships with clients. She called for this approach
to be taken forward, ‘to wrap services around the people who need them’ – and she
promised the Government’s support for voluntary sector

innovation.

The final speaker was Stuart Etherington of the NCVO. He praised the Government’s
efforts on tax breaks for charities and the new relationship between the state and
the voluntary sector. He looked forward to the

Treasury review of the sector. Mr Etherington concluded by asking “where do

we go from here?”, stressing the importance of campaigning for the Charities Bill.

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