Social Enterprise

Lord Tomlinson Excerpts

Tuesday 10th January 2017 Lords Chamber

[Lord Ashton of Hyde]

Of course the noble Lord is correct to mention the social value Act. We are undertaking measures to improve that—for example, social value awards, implementation and measurement projects, and a cross-Whitehall paper to demonstrate our commitment to that Act. A panel of external social value experts is providing constructive challenge on the findings and I can tell the noble Lord that final drafting is under way and will be out soon.

[Lord Tomlinson (Lab)]

My Lords, is this panoply of measures we have heard the Minister speak about within the ambit of shared responsibility, is it social enterprise or is it shared enterprise? Which one of the many things we have had given to us by the Government is it supposed to be?

[Lord Ashton of Hyde]

I am not quite sure that I get the drift of that question.

[Lord Tomlinson]

Is it big society or shared society?

[Lord Ashton of Hyde]

I think the best thing to do is to read the Prime Minister’s speech to the Charity Commission yesterday.