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Notices of Amendments

given up to and including

Wednesday 23 November 2011

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Consideration of Bill

Public Services (Social Value) Bill

(changed from Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill)

New Clauses

National social enterprise strategy

Mr Gareth Thomas

NC1


To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
The Secretary of State must prepare and publish a document setting out a strategy

for the promotion by government departments of engagement in social enterprise

in England (the “national social enterprise strategy”).

(2)
The national social enterprise strategy must be designed with a view to promoting

participation in its implementation by persons or bodies appearing to the

Secretary of State to be representative of those engaged in social enterprise and

by the public, whether by monitoring its effectiveness or otherwise.

(3)
The Secretary of State may review the national social enterprise strategy and

prepare and publish a new strategy to replace a previous national social enterprise

strategy.

(4)
In preparing the national social enterprise strategy or a new strategy, the Secretary

of State must—

(a)
consult such persons or bodies appearing to the Secretary of State to be

representative of those engaged in social enterprise as the Secretary of

State considers appropriate; and

(b)
carry out such public consultation as the Secretary of State considers

appropriate.

(5)
For the purposes of this section a person or body is engaged in social enterprise

if—

(a)
the person or body is carrying on a business;

(b)
the business’s activities are being carried on primarily for a purpose that

promotes or improves the social or environmental wellbeing of the

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United Kingdom, whether the purpose is pursued in relation to all or any

part of the United Kingdom or all or any of the persons resident or present

in it;

(c)
the greater part of any profits for distribution is applied for such a

purpose;

(d)
the business is majority-owned and controlled in the interests of

improving the social or environmental wellbeing of the United Kingdom;

and

(e)
The Secretary of State shall by regulations made by statutory instruments

set out criteria for establishing whether a business falls within the

definition in subsection 5(d) above.’.

Local authority strategies

Mr Gareth Thomas

NC2


To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
Section 4 of the Local Government Act 2000 (strategies for promoting wellbeing)

is amended as follows.

(2)
After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)
A local authority’s sustainable community strategy must include—

(a)
their proposals in connection with promoting engagement in

social enterprise in their area; and

(b)
a statement of measures proposed for enabling persons or bodies

engaged in social enterprise in their area and such other persons

as they consider appropriate to participate in the implementation

of the proposals referred to in paragraph (a).”.

(3)
After subsection (4) insert—

“(4A)
For the purposes of this section a person or body is engaged in social

enterprise if—

(a)
the person or body is carrying on a business;

(b)
the business’s activities are being carried on primarily for a

purpose that promotes or improves the social or environmental

wellbeing of the United Kingdom, whether the purpose is

pursued in relation to all or any part of the United Kingdom or

all or any of the persons resident or present in it; and

(c)
the greater part of any profits for distribution is applied for such

a purpose.”’.

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Annual report to parliament

Mr Gareth Thomas

NC3


To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
The Secretary of State must prepare and publish an annual report on the operation

of the Government’s strategy for social enterprises in the preceding year and must

lay a copy of the report before Parliament.

(2)
The Secretary of State must, during the preparation of each report, consult—

(a)
the National Audit Office;

(b)
the Charity Commission;

(c)
Co-ops UK;

(d)
the National Council for Voluntary Organisations;

(e)
Social Enterprise UK;

(f)
the Association for Chief Executives in Voluntary Organisations,

(g)
The Office for National Statistics; and

(h)
such other organisations or persons as the Secretary of State considers

appropriate.

(3)
Each report must include statistics on the performance of social enterprises.’.

Mr Gareth Thomas

1


Page  1,  line  3  [Clause  1],  after first ‘of’, insert ‘goods and’.

Mr Gareth Thomas

2


Page  3,  line  36  [Clause  4],  after ‘Services (’, insert ‘Social Enterprise and’.

Mr Gareth Thomas

3


Title,  line  1,  at beginning insert ‘To require the Secretary of State and local authorities to

publish strategies in connection with promoting social enterprise; to enable communities

to participate in the formulation and implementation of those strategies;’.

Mr Gareth Thomas

4


Title,  line  1,  leave out from ‘Require’ to ‘and’ in line 2 and insert ‘that public sector

contracts include provisions relating to social outcomes and social value;’.



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