Scottish Parliament Stage 1 debate on the Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill - May 11

Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (SNP):...Perhaps the bulwark of that charitable effort is our churches. Certainly in my constituency, churches are behind a huge amount of the voluntary effort that goes into helping the people who most need help. That effort includes the efforts of Church of Scotland members whom I have met, who volunteer their time every week by going to help people at food banks. It includes people who simply organise coffee mornings, raffles and other events for the benefit of people who need help most. It includes the Salvation Army, whose work is truly magnificent in helping men who might have lost their way in life. The churches are behind so many things. I am talking not just about the Church of Scotland, of which I am a member, but about all churches and all faiths. Across Scotland, that effort is terrific...

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