Clause 3
Charities Bill [Lords]
5:15 pm
Edward Miliband (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Cabinet Office; Doncaster North, Labour)
I fear that, although he is trying to close the divisions, the hon. Gentleman is opening them up. Mr. Jonathan Shephard says that the indirect benefit that private schools provide in relief to the public purse is not enough, in his view, to justify their charitable status. That suggests that education on its own is not enough; in his view there needs to be co-operation. Does the hon. Gentleman disagree?