Clause 1
Charities Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Martin Horwood (Shadow Minister (Environment), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs; Cheltenham, Liberal Democrat)
That is a reasonable point. However, part of one of the new heads of charity is “the saving of lives”, which might encompass both of the right hon. Gentleman’s suggested examples. On the one hand, the amendment might seem to be over-egging the pudding somewhat, but on the other hand, this is probably the last opportunity that anyone has to add to the list of 13, and I have no problem with making it a list of 14. I would be happy to see the amendment made: it seems harmless if not entirely necessary, given that provisions for analogous charitable purposes might well have allowed the subject of the amendment to pass through as a charitable purpose.