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Matter referred on 4 September 2025: actions of the Charity Commission

Inquiry

On the 4 September 2025 the House agreed the following Resolution:

The matter of the actions of the Charity Commission in bringing legal proceedings that would prevent the laying of a report before this House be referred to the Committee of Privileges.

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Wednesday 26 November 2025
8:45am Private
9:00am Public
Matter referred on 4 September 2025: actions of the Charity Commission - Oral evidence 26 November 2025
9:00am
  • Saira Salimi (Speaker's Counsel at House of Commons)
9:30am
  • Karl Banister (Director of Operations, Legal and Clinical and Deputy Ombudsman at Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO))
10:00am
  • Mark Simms OBE (Interim Chair at Charity Commission for England and Wales)
  • David Holdsworth (CEO at Charity Commission for England and Wales)
  • Felix Rechtman (Head of Litigation at Charity Commission for England and Wales)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster

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