My hon. Friend is making a powerful argument in defence of the right of charities to engage in civil society. However, does she agree that we are up
against it on this point? Only eight months ago, one contributor to “ConservativeHome” said:
“When exactly ARE we going to stop funding these so called ‘charities’…? For example, ‘Shelter’ do absolutely nothing to practically help the homeless. Their sole purpose is to lobby government to increase the funding for housing and homelessness. And for this, they are funded BY the government! Crazy!”