Clause 15
Charities Bill [Lords]
12:00 pm
Edward Miliband (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Cabinet Office; Doncaster North, Labour)
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Can I offer her a small point of reassurance? She refers to the Charities Act 1993, and section 13(1) states:
“Subject to subsection (2) below, the circumstances in which the original purposes of a charitable gift can be altered to allow the property given or part of it to be applied cy-près shall be as follows—
(a) where the original purposes, in whole or in part—
(i) have been as far as may be fulfilled”.
That might take account of the legitimate concern that she has raised.