Clause 3
Charities Bill [Lords]
4:00 pm
Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth, Labour)
My hon. Friend is making an important point on the issues that I raised this morning. Would it not be correct to say that just as animal welfare produces a public good because it is recognised to be of public benefit without necessarily benefiting individual human beings, environmental protection need not directly benefit individuals to satisfy the public benefit criteria?