Chris Cautions Over-Reliance On Taxpayer Funding
Felicity Buchan Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
As I have said, very proper consideration went into this decision after we had heard representations from the Inter Faith Network. The decision on Government funding has now been made. We have always been clear that the Inter Faith Network needs to develop alternative sources of funding; institutions such as these cannot be solely reliant on Government funding.
Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch
Is that not the point? This organisation has had about £2 million in income in the past five years, and three quarters of that income has come from the Government—from the taxpayer. Is not the message for other organisations that they should not be too dependent on taxpayer funding?
Felicity Buchan Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
My hon. Friend has expressed that point very well.
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