Charity Commission And The Recognition Of Druids

EDM number 489 in 2012-13, proposed by Robert Halfon on 06/09/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Charities, Religion and faith communities and Religious discrimination.

That this House notes that the Charity Commission has formally recognised druids as a religion and granted them charitable status, even though they have just 300 members; questions why therefore the Charity Commission has not recognised the Christian Brethren church, which has 16,000 members and more than 300 churches across the country; further notes the extensive community and charitable outreach that the Brethren church does, which has significant public benefit; and finally calls on the Charity Commission to stop thediscrimination against this Christian church and to have a level playing field for all religions.

This motion has been signed by a total of 63 MPs.