Schedule 5
Charities Bill [Lords]
11:30 am
Martin Horwood (Shadow Minister (Environment), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs; Cheltenham, Liberal Democrat)
The hon. Gentleman is exactly right. We can imagine circumstances, such as those that have previously existed with registered charities, where campaigning activities or publications that might stretch the limits of what is charitable could be considered dangerous by the Charity Commission and where, on the precedent of my experience with Oxfam years ago, those charities could be subject to political pressure. Those are the kind of minefields into the Government are treading with their legislation.