Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on Principle 1.1 of the coalition document <i>The Compact</i> of the new Cabinet Office policy on charitable campaigning for charities in receipt of government grant funding, published on 6 February.

The new clause is compatible with the Compact because it does not restrict the rights of charities to campaign on behalf of their beneficiaries. What it rightly prevents is this being done with a government grant funded by taxpayers' money, and given for a different purpose.