Charities Bill [Lords]
10:30 am
Martin Horwood (Shadow Minister (Environment), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs; Cheltenham, Liberal Democrat)
I shall be brief. The amendments relate to public access, transparency and openness. The proposed section 3(10) of the Charities Act 1993 is laudable and the principle that copies of charity trusts should be open to inspection at all times is desirable. It is therefore strange that proposed subsection (11) has a qualification that is not explained or justified. I wonder whether it has accidentally fallen into the Bill or whether there is a perfectly rational explanation for it. I look forward to the Minister’s comments.